ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW - 2023
Call: AA5JF
Operator(s): AA5JF
Station: AA5JF
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
160:
80: 47
40: 408
20: 308
15: 186
10: 1
------------
Total: 950 Sections = 85 Total Score = 161,500
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
My best score so far, up over 15% from last year. My goal this year was to
operate the full 24-hours, and to have an improved Saturday evening. And that I
accomplished. Started off plain-and-simple running on 20M, resisting the siren
call of high rates on 10M (if you are in the Caribbean or the West). Did move to
15M later, and found excellent conditions, with signals being heard from all
over. Didn't think 1,000 contacts was in reach, and hand't set it as a goal, but
noticed by mid evening Saturday it might happen. Final section was NL, just
before the solar storm -- thanks VO2AC for being up late!
Got up way too early Sunday to find conditions horrid, although 80M was OK, but
most everyone was still asleep. But as is sometimes the case when conditions are
poor, it affects us less in the southern latitudes. 40M was recovered by early
morning, and 20M wasn't too bad. And during the afternoon 15M was good again,
with strong signals arriving from the midwest and west, and the possibility of
working some stations in the South on backscatter. There was E-skip (I think),
which opened up the band to the northeast, although not revealing many new
stations. But kept it just interesting enough to keep on going. And the final
hour of frenzy on 40M was fun.
Just 149 out of 950 stations had a check after mine (87), assuming 00-22 are all
21st century. SS CW will likely be quite different when I'm an old-timer.
Andy AA5JF
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
______________________________________________
3830 mailing list
3830@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/3830
|