CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB

Class: SO(A)AB HP (Single Operator (Assisted) All-Band High Power)
QTH: California
Operating Time (hrs): 16:27

Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 2
80: 35
40: 73
20: 43
15: 101
10: 22
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Total: 276 Prefixes = 196 Total Score = 130,732

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Here’s a short video clip of the contest.  Pardon the poor resolution but the audio is fairly clear:

Comments:

Finally a contest where 160-10 were quite usable at some part of the day!  Although I didn’t take part in this contest full-time, I still had fun doing Search and Pounce.  My only goal was to get at least 100 QSOs.

My equipment for this contest:

rig: Yaesu FT-857D
amplifier: Dentron GLA-1000
antennas: Cushcraft A3S, Butternut HF9V, Inverted L for 160m

Conditions were better on Saturday than Sunday, at least for me.  I did try calling CQ on one frequency for a while and that simply didn’t produce any QSOs.

This contest is fun since there are so many multipliers.  It occurred to me that new hams can benefit from their call sign prefixes as well.  Now I’m looking forward to the CW weekend.  Hopefully I can clear the schedule to dedicate the weekend to it.

73

Jack, K6JEB

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB

Class: SO Unlimited Low-Power
QTH: East Bay
Operating Time (hrs): 12:34

Summary:
Band   QSOs
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160:     0
80:     7
40:    70
20:    90
15:    34
10:     0
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Total:  201  Sections = 70  Total Score = 28,140

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Station: Yaesu FT-857D 100watts -> Inverted-L and Butternut HF-9V controlled by Writelog.  My antenna farm didn’t grow as much as I wanted it to.  However, the seeds are planted and once the budget settles I might have a full-time tri-bander up at least 30 feet.

Comments: There were some rather nice openings to the East Coast most of the time I was on.  15M was quite open from mid morning to early afternoon for long-haul.

Every contest I feel like I learn a little bit more about contesting.  This time I was really making full use of my filters and it makes a HUGE difference as far as helping keep you from exhausting yourself trying to mentally slice through wider bandwidth of noise.

Other commitments precluded me from operating full-time.  Will try again next year.

73
Jack, K6JEB

California QSO Party

Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB

Class: M/SFixed LP
QTH: CCOS (Contra Costa County)
Operating Time (hrs): 13:05

Summary:
Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
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160:    1      0
80:  52    35
40:  15      4
20:  80    12
15:    9      2
10:
6:
2:
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Total:  157    53  Mults = 39  Total Score = 22,503

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Inverted-L for 160m up 30 feet was my only antenna.  100w

Didn’t get the time to operate the full contest.  Hope to get back on track
next year.  This is definitely a tough season.  20m was muddy at best on
Saturday.  I should have spent more time on 40m to make some easy points.
Pollen in the air helped keep me off much phone.

Will take this as a warm-up for Sweepstakes.

73 and KB
Jack, K6JEB