KC5YKX

Reid Hill   1042 Burkshire Dr   Corpus Christi   Texas   78412

Nueces County   EL17HR   CQ Zone 04   ITU Zone 07

ARRL SS 2002
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kc5ykx at swbell.net

ARRL Sweepstakes was the first contest I really made an effort to work. I did this one by myself at my house. I was really pleased with my results. I learned allot about when to change bands and when not to. The only thing that disappointed me about this effort was my antenna selection.  I only have a 10 meter vertical and a 40/80 meter trapped inverted vee up here at the moment. I am in the process of getting my HyGain TH3MK3 up. Needs some cleaning and new caps on the traps. The band conditions where great in this contest. I missed getting a sweep by 3 multipliers. The ones I missed where Maritime and Quebec in Canada and Northern New York here in the US. Not to bad for my first time in the SS phone. I was using the CCDXC call of KY5V for this one.

Equipment used:

Yaesu MKV FT-1000MP, A99 (10 & 15 meters) 40/80 trap inverted vee (20, 40 and 80 meters)

N1MM Logger

Score:

Band     QSOs     Mults     Totals

                                                                               3.5            14              3              84

                                                                                  7              82            15          2460

                                                                                14              53             4             424

                                                                                 21             67             4             536

                                                                                 28           239          51        24378

                                                                             Totals      455          77        70070

Placed 5th in the West Gulf Division

      My best rates:

2002-11-16 21:06 - 3.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 180 per hour by KY5V

2002-11-16 21:15 - 2.2 per minute (10 minute(s)), 132 per hour by KY5V

2002-11-16 22:03 - 1.8 per minute (60 minute(s)), 105 per hour by KY5V

My best runs:

002-11-16 21:02 - 23:38, 28316 kHz, 209 Qs, 80.5/hr