K7BG--ARRL DX CW HP Unassisted Time on: 40 h 18 m
BAND QSO MULTS
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160 16 12 Half sloper
80 103 35 4 slopers fed one at a time (NE/SE/SW/NW)
40 222 62 402CD at 95 feet
20 979 79 205BAS at 83 feet
15 187 42 TH3 at 32 feet
10 46 22 TH3 at 32 feet
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1553 252 = SCORE: 1,174,068
TS930 + Alpha 374A at 800 watts
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Did somebody say 15 meters??? BIG mistake staying on 20 so long. Barely
caught the end of the European opening Sunday. Missed it all together on
Saturday. Great condx to JA on 15 and 20. Nada on 10. Spent half hour
Sunday morning trying to work 9M0C on 160 (nope) while waiting for the sun
to cook up the high bands.
Low bands were NOISY, pretty disappointing. Love them northern lights. You
guys with propagation don't know what you're missing.
Apologies to the JA's I couldn't pull through the noise on 80m.
Hinted at P49V on Sunday, "Ten meters?" He said, "Done (on that band)."
Lesson learned: Work 'em (the easy ones) early.
Tuning across 15 on Sunday I heard VP8CTR on a clear freq. I worked him
easily in one call with no other callers heard. Lacking social graces I
stayed on freq so I could watch the impending "cluster bomb" hit cuz I knew
somebody would no doubt spot him within seconds. Within a minute every big
gun from San Diego to NYC was on him. WILD!
Heard ZK1DI say to his pile-up, "No QTH" so didn't even try to work him.
Had an absolutely great time. I try to explain to the "unenlightened" why
this is so much fun and they unquestionably think I'm out of my mind. They
are, of course, correct!
Now, ......gotta go back and read those undeleted QSL thread messages.
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