Q (big surprise) is QRP and U is unlimited. The unlimited class can
use spotting, while the regular A and B can't.
Didn't get on at all this weekend, but hope to knock out a few in the CQ
WW and ARRL 160 in the next 2 weeks.
73, Steve KW3A
On 11/21/2011 7:38 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Pat:
>
> You're correct on the A and B power designators.
>
> Q and U are relatively new, and I heard them too.
>
> Don't know what they mean either, but if you go to:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes
>
> they are all listed there. I think it's only a small ways down the page.
>
>
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Byrne"<[log in to unmask]>
> To:<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:14 PM
> Subject: Re: November Sweepstakes and 160 meters
>
>
>> Tom,
>> What was the letter designator in the SS exchange? I thought it had
>> to do with power - A for 100 or less and B for above. But I think I
>> heard a Q and an U so I am confused.
>> I played on ten a bit and once I got the freq. shift between my
>> transmit and receive straightened out, people heard me rather well!!
>> Pat, K9JAUAt 06:04 PM 11/21/2011, you wrote:
>>> I agree, Lloyd.
>>>
>>> 75 was not in the greatest shape for me either Saturday night.
>>>
>>> I spent my time mostly on 20, some on 40, and a little on 10.
>>>
>>> Never got to 15 meters.
>>>
>>> I didn't make nearly as many qsos as you, but had fun anyway.
>>>
>>> I find the Sweepstakes exchange to be a bit cumbersome and unwieldy at
>>> times, but maybe that's just me.
>>>
>>> Good luck in the CQ CW DX contest this coming week-end. I wish I could do
>>> it, but we will be in Missouri visiting family at that time.
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Lloyd Rasmussen"<[log in to unmask]>
>>> To:<[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:30 AM
>>> Subject: Re: November Sweepstakes and 160 meters
>>>
>>>
>>>> I ended up with 456 QSO's in 79 sections. Although I put myself in the
>>>> high-power category, I only had the amp on about one-quarter of the
>>>> time.
>>>> Around here, nobody planned to try 160 for the sweepstakes, since you
>>>> don't
>>>> get new multipliers for different bands, but try to work everyone you
>>>> can
>>>> find just one time.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday afternoon, NO2X didn't know that he worked three blind hams
>>>> in
>>>> about 3 minutes. First was K4LTA, then KB8TYJ, then W3IUU, with a
>>>> couple
>>>> of
>>>> other stations in between.
>>>>
>>>> Conditions on 75 were not nearly as good as in previous winters, for
>>>> me;
>>>> this was a contest for the higher bands.
>>>> 73,
>>>> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Wheaton, Maryland
>>>> Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>>>> Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 12:18 AM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: November Sweepstakes and 160 meters
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi, all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I worked a bit of the Sweepstakes contest tonight, using my new
>>>>> 80-meter sloper, and had reasonable success. Only used 100 watts, and
>>>>> had
>>>>> trouble breaking through some of the pilups, but got out to the east
>>>>> coast,
>>>>> the south, and as far west as South Dakota.
>>>>>
>>>>> Around 11:30 Eastern, I moved down to 160 meters, and was surprised to
>>>>> find
>>>>> no contest activity there yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would have thought 160 would have started to have some contest
>>>>> activity
>>>>> by
>>>>> that hour of the night.
>>>>>
>>>>> Will be interested in the experiences of any others who are doing the
>>>>> contest.
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. I heard Lloyd (W3IUU) tonight on 75 meters working a station in
>>>>> Western Pennsylvania, but could not make contact because he was doing
>>>>> S
>>>>> and
>>>>> P like me.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>
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