2010 ARRL November Sweepstakes (Phone)
This was my first serious SS attempt. If you worked KD3FG Q MDC, I must say Thanks! As a QRP station, I know that it is your good station and ears that pulled out my signal and your patience getting my info. TU TU TU!
I did work on getting my 400ft horizontal delta loop as high as possible. Having tall trees and a pneumatic tennis ball launcher (thanks AntennaLaunchers.com) help. I used my Elecraft K2 at 5 watts. The trick was to make absolutely sure I had a good match into the loop as I tuned across the band.
I was surprised that 75m was my most successful band with 40 being second. 20m was a challenge and 15m was great but relatively short lived.
202 unconfirmed contacts with over 50 sections exceeded my expectations! Thanks again to the great ops out there!
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