SS CW 96 - K1IU SO High Power
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ARRL Sweepstakes CW 1996
K1IU, Single Op, High Power
Jeff Bouvier, K1IU
[email protected]
Summary Sheet
ARRL SWEEPSTAKES -- 1996
Call: K1IU Section: Rhode Island
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator High Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS SECTIONS
80 273 546 3
40 568 1136 20
20 345 690 54
15 41 82 1
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Totals 1227 2454 78 = 191,412 points.
Station
Rig 1: TS940S, Alpha 87a
Rig 2: TS940S, Alpha 374a
Antennas:
80m = 4 square vertical array
40m = 40-2CD up 100'
20m = 4/4/4 stacked Yagis
15m = 4/4/4 stacked Yagis (both stacks moved west for SS)
Software: TRlog ver. 5.86
Comments
This was a great contest! SS CW has always been one of my favorites. There was lots of
activity and with lots of good operators.
I sure wish some folks would learn what CK? or PREC? Some would send anything but what
I was looking for. :-)
Conditions I thought were great. 40m was the big band followed by 20 and 80m. 15m was
in good shape but I didn't spend much time there as I knew that I would get broader
geographic coverage on 20 or 40m.
Was surprised when I was called by KL7HKX at 0523z on 80m.
When the rate slowed a bit on 20m I decided to S&P and quickly found Jack,
KH6/W1WEF at 1923z. Soon I found KP4TK CQing on 15m on the second radio (1934z). I dropped
down to 40m and VE2ZP called me at 2001z (giving me #4 Q). Later I was on 20m and could
hear a racket just below my CQing frequency. I tuned down to check it out and found a
monstrous pileup on N7NG (WY). He was booming in at 30/9. I called a couple of times and
no luck. Someone said "up". I listened up and Vic, K9UIY, was working him.
Dumped it in and got the sweep.
I used 2 radios and had one radio in each ear. I never get headaches but I sure got a
bad one on Sunday and I'm sure it's due to having one radio in each ear. Will have to come
up with a better switching system that will have one radio at a time in both ears. Anyone
have a good switching system they would like to share with me?
After operating CQ WW SSB ( I hate SSB but I love contesting ), I was really psyched
for a good CW contest and this was it. I really pushed and it paid off. This is the best
score for me in SS CW.
Was nice to see all the guys who have been operating this contest for a real long time.
This is the only contest I wish we could all use our old 1X3 callsigns. It brings back a
lot of memories when I hear K0VBU, K0LUZ, K7DBV, K9UIY, W5MYA, etc., etc.
Congrats to WD0T (at W0SD) and KR0Y on the great scores. Thanks to all for the Q's.
73, Jeff Bouvier (ex-K1LPA, had to put that in some of the old timers were trying to
remember)
Rate Sheet
HOUR 80CW 40CW 20CW 15CW TOTAL ACCUM
---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
21 0 0 73 0 73 73
22 0 14 44 0 58 131
23 0 64 0 0 64 195
0 0 75 0 0 75 270
1 0 72 0 0 72 342
2 0 70 0 0 70 412
3 42 12 0 0 54 466
4 36 12 0 0 48 514
5 29 11 0 0 40 554
6 0 46 0 0 46 600
7 25 16 0 0 41 641
8 45 0 0 0 45 686
9 0 0 0 0 0 686
10 0 0 0 0 0 686
11 0 0 0 0 0 686
12 0 0 0 0 0 686
13 0 0 0 0 0 686
14 47 3 0 0 50 736
15 0 45 5 0 50 786
16 0 13 44 0 57 843
17 0 0 59 0 59 902
18 0 0 51 1 52 954
19 0 19 22 5 46 1000
20 0 36 0 22 58 1058
21 0 20 4 12 36 1094
22 0 0 34 3 37 1131
23 8 6 10 3 27 1158
0 20 15 0 0 35 1193
1 18 24 0 0 42 1235
TOTAL 270 573 346 46
Stations worked per section:
1. MI 54
2. OH 51
3. STX 49
4. IL 48
5. WWA 40
6. VA 39
7. MDC 38
8. WI 34
9. MN 33
10. SCV 33
11. NTX 33
12. CO 32
13. EM 30
14. WNY 29
15. MO 25
16. EP 24
17. NNJ 24
18. TN 23
19. NC 23
20. KY 22
21. IN 22
22. CT 21
23. ORG 20
24. WPA 20
25. NH 19
26. OR 18
27. ON 17
28. SFL 16
29. AR 16
30. SDG 16
31. AZ 16
32. SV 15
33. EN 15
34. AL 15
35. EB 15
36. SNJ 15
37. NM 14
38. LAX 13
39. KS 12
40. NFL 12
41. GA 12
42. SC 11 I think this was a tough one to work last year
43. SF 11
44. OK 11
45. NLI 11
46. IA 10
47. SB 9
48. UT 9
49. SJV 9
50. RI 9 Guess I'm not alone!
51. ID 8
52. WV 8
53. NV 7
54. AB 7
55. EW 7
56. WMA 7
57. LA 7
58. BC 6
59. MS 5
60. AK 5 What can I say...
61. WTX 5
62. NE 5 Wasn't this a tough one last year?!
63. DE 5
64. NNY 5
65. VT 5
66. ME 5
67. SD 4
68. ND 4
69. SK 3
70. MT 3
71. MB 2
72. NWT 2
73. PR 2
74. VI 1
75. MAR 1
76. PAC 1 Tks KH6/W1WEF
77. PQ 1 Tks VE2ZP running Q power on 40m
78. WY 1 Tks N7NG
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