Amateur Radio Station K6JEB

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2009 ARRL Sweepstakes Results – CW K6JEB SO Unlimited

Posted by Jack on November 9th, 2009

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