ARRL Sweepstakes CW 2013

KL2R was on the air in a good form for Sweeps CW as SOHP UNLIMITED for about 17 hours during the weekend.

 BAND   QSO DUP SECT  POINTS 

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  160     0   0    0       0 

   80     6   0    0      12 

   40    89   0    3     178 

   20   128   1   12     256 

   15   201   2   10     402 

   10   281   1   58     562 

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TOTAL   705   4   83    1410 

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    TOTAL SCORE : 117 030

Operators       : N1TX

I resolved to work no more than 12 hours, but the conditions were just too good to pass up. 10m was phenomenal at the start, and you can see it was a real money band. I had worked 70-odd sections early on, many of them usually difficult, and I decided to go for a CLEAN SWEEP. Achieved with hours to go thanks to N7IV in ND. I thought I would NEVER get a QC, but I camped on VE2AWR for over an hour before conditions permitted. The 80m dipole project didn't make it up the tower, but it will be ready for phone SS.

I nearly forgot to mention one guy -- a willy billy five? -- who called me in the heat of 110+ per hour and then sent me 5NN signal report. WTF?!? I then asked him for his details, and he sent me his name was Tom and his QTH was East BF (or whatever). One of the guys patiently waiting in the pileup sent HI HI. Ugh!!! NOT IN LOG YOU RAT BASTARD QRZ?

Sweepstakes SSB 2011

Now THAT was a real hoot!  The boys at Array Solutions returned the ACOM 1010 with a new tube late Friday before Sweepstakes SSB started.  A quick check, and we were ready for an all-out multi-single shakedown of the station.  KL1JP loaned a brand new FT-950 to augment the primary station for multipliers.  It paid off, because we snagged a clean sweep a couple of hours before the end when a VE2 station called us.  We worked many difficult sections early, as the operators had some incentive.  They all received $1 rewards for snagging the tough ones.  (Thanks to Elaine KL6C for the photos.)

Elaine KL6C showing off her "Delaware Dollar"

All systems running well. N1TX can breathe easy.

Carl WL7BDO squeezing the last Q's from 10m late Sunday.

A Clean Sweep!

Breakdown by bands:

 BAND   QSO DUP SECT  POINTS 

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  160     0   0    0       0 

   80     0   0    0       0 

   40    56   0    6     112 

   20    96   2    5     190 

   15   230   1   22     460 

   10   452   3   47     904 

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TOTAL   834   6   80    1666 

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    TOTAL SCORE : 133 280