WA2SRQ ARRL DX CW single-op low power:
160 9 9
80 63 35
40 256 55
20 441 71
15 70 42
10 3 3
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842 215 543,090 points
Equipment:
50' Rohn 25 with 3-el HyGain yagis on 10, 15, 20; Force12 EF-240 2-el 40.
130' inv Vee @70' fed with open wire for 80 and 160.
Two Icom 765s, ICE filters, Top Ten decoders.
23 hours of operating sandwiched between various family
activities. I tried to put in a good effort from about 7 til
noon both days, but otherwise very intermittent. Did little
operating in the evenings, so missed a lot of mults on the low
bands. With 10 and 15 in such poor shape, 20 was VERY crowded.
Hard to find a run frequency, and harder still to keep it with
low power.
This was a good contest for using 2 radios. I was able to pick
up a lot of stuff on 15 without leaving my spot on 20, and I
could tune 10m with the mult radio and rarely be distracted by
the sound of a signal in that ear :-)
73,
Ed Gilbert, WA2SRQ
eyg@hpnjlc.njd.hp.com
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