2007 CTDXCC Sweepstakes Phone Operations
Station Op Call Category QSOs Mults Score
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K3TD K3TD K3TD SOLP 205 68 27,880
K5TR K5TR K5TR SOHP 2093 80 334,880
W5KFT WM5R W5KFT SOHP 1812 78 282,516
W5RQ W5RQ W5RQ SOHP 506 79 79,948
KX5R W5ASP KX5R SO/U 1010 80 160,480
W5YAA W5YAA W5YAA SO/U 252 74 37,296
K5NA many K5NA M/S 2059 80 329,440
K5NA ops: KU5B, K5NA, K5DU
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"People who know me know I am not a phone person and I dreaded the thought of
doing the ARRL November Sweepstakes, Phone as a single operator. But I didn't
want the station to go idle this year, so Susan and I decided to do a multi
operator effort. Then we heard that Colin KU5B was looking for a place to do
the contest, and we decided to invite him over to join us. This turned out
to be one of the better decisions that I have ever made. Colin settled in,
doing 99 percent of the running for the weekend and I filled in occasionally
only when needed. He did a terrific job of fighting the QRM, digging out the
weak callers, maintaining a run frequency, while keeping up impressive QSO
rates. In short, Colin was terrific." - K5NA
"This is the first year I've gone to bed on Saturday night with over
1000 QSOs. I had a really slow first hour on 20 meters before things
began to pick up. I think I just got lucky on 40 meters and managed
to get good frequencies that held up through the broadcasters'
schedules. This is a personal best QSO total for me, but I never heard a
station from Nl or Nt sections all weekend." - WM5R (@ W5KFT)
"I used an inverted L at 30'. I had fun playing part time." - K3TD
"I had to go Unlimited to find the Missouri multiplier, and I nearly didn't
work him in the QRM. It's funny how the "not so common" ones can easily be
missed ... especially when the skip is long." - W5ASP (@ KX5R)
"Another fun Sweepstakes. I have been trying for a long time to get a full
hour above 200 QSOs/hr and once again I did not make it, although I did get
closer - next year!" - K5TR
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