W4FT on Amateur Radio

A Clean Sweep!  Contacts with every section in the US and Canada during the contest!!!!  This was about my third or fourth November Sweepstakes, but I finally did it — maybe.  Yes, I know that I made contacts with every section, but will it survive the log checking process?  With about 16 sections having only one contact in my log, there’s a chance that a busted call could rain on my parade.   One year, I lost three sections from busted calls. Another year, no losses.  It all depends on how well the  exchanges were handled by me and by the person on the other end.  Fortunately, the clean sweep mugs are based on submitted logs, not on post-processing.  Since I know that I made solid contacts with all 80 sections, I’m getting my mug! Read more…