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2018 ARRL November Sweepstakes (Phone)

11/21/2018 | KI9A

 

Last week, my just turned 13 yr old Grandson, Aidan, asked about "helping" me during my contest...of course I jumped on the chance. We went over alot of info, sections, phonetics, numbers, ect. He took it in, and we were off. As I was running stations on 40, he copied as much info on paper as he could. 

Then, his first QSO was with his Great-Grandpa ( my Dad ), AD9P. Which was pretty cool to watch. He logged the info on the keyboard and everything. 

He ended up making around 30 Q's before he had to leave, just missing BC for the sweep. He got a kick out of watching N1MM+ for new mults, and seeing completed mults light up. When I worked BC, I texted him, and he said "cool, do we get the cup"?!

I have been doing SS since I was 16, in 1980. I have been a Division winner, and made in excess of 1000 Q's a few times. But, this was the best SS ever for me! 

 

-- KI9A


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