ARRL DX Contest - CW
Call: KC1F
Operator(s):
Station:
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 38
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 19 18
80: 74 41
40: 488 66
20: 844 87
15: 756 82
10: 685 71
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Total: 2866 365 = 3,138,270
Comments:
Station #1 TS-850, AL-1200
Station #2 TS-930, NCL-2000
KLM KT34A rotary at 57 feet
Cushcraft XM510 fixed at Europe at 46 feet
Cushcraft 10-4 CD fixed at Japan at 35 feet
Alpha Delta DX-A for 40/80/160
Force 12 EF240S fixed at Europe at 41 feet
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 110/27 ..... ..... ..... 110/27 110/27
1 . . 64/6 . . . 64/6 174/33
2 . . 13/4 16/15 9/4 . 38/23 212/56
3 2/2 13/9 18/3 6/5 1/1 . 40/20 252/76
4 . . 24/2 19/5 . . 43/7 295/83
5 . . 29/2 7/2 . . 36/4 331/87
6 3/3 29/18 4/0 18/5 . . 54/26 385/113
7 4/4 . 9/4 56/8 . . 69/16 454/129
8 4/4 3/2 11/4 22/6 ..... ..... 40/16 494/145
9 2/1 2/0 7/1 1/1 . . 12/3 506/148
10 . 2/1 1/1 16/2 . . 19/4 525/152
11 . . . 20/4 77/24 . 97/28 622/180
12 . . . 5/3 37/8 67/25 109/36 731/216
13 . . . 6/1 . 104/7 110/8 841/224
14 . . . . 6/2 62/1 68/3 909/227
15 . . . . 31/10 41/2 72/12 981/239
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 95/4 12/0 107/4 1088/243
17 . . . . 48/2 30/9 78/11 1166/254
18 . . . 107/10 . 6/2 113/12 1279/266
19 . . . 107/4 . 10/6 117/10 1396/276
20 . . . 131/3 . 2/0 133/3 1529/279
21 . . . 97/0 . . 97/0 1626/279
22 . . 62/3 . 19/10 . 81/13 1707/292
23 . . 30/0 . 1/1 45/1 76/2 1783/294
0 ..... ..... ..... ..... 21/2 33/0 54/2 1837/296
1 . . 2/0 4/3 15/1 . 21/4 1858/300
2 . . 3/0 6/0 13/0 . 22/0 1880/300
3 1/1 6/3 10/2 . . . 17/6 1897/306
4 . . . . . . . 1897/306
5 2/2 13/4 1/0 . . . 16/6 1913/312
6 1/1 4/2 11/2 7/0 . . 23/5 1936/317
7 . . . . . . . 1936/317
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1936/317
9 . . . . . . . 1936/317
10 . 2/2 5/3 34/0 . . 41/5 1977/322
11 . . . 30/0 108/5 . 138/5 2115/327
12 . . . . 66/1 37/4 103/5 2218/332
13 . . . 8/4 6/1 70/1 84/6 2302/338
14 . . . . 15/2 47/2 62/4 2364/342
15 . . . . 10/0 52/4 62/4 2426/346
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 61/1 24/0 85/1 2511/347
17 . . . . 33/1 17/2 50/3 2561/350
18 . . . 3/1 44/1 6/3 53/5 2614/355
19 . . . 18/0 22/0 5/0 45/0 2659/355
20 . . . 49/0 13/1 . 62/1 2721/356
21 . . 6/0 46/1 . . 52/1 2773/357
22 . . 68/2 . . . 68/2 2841/359
23 . . . 5/4 5/0 15/2 25/6 2866/365
DAY1 15/14 49/30 382/57 634/74 324/66 379/53 ..... 1783/294
DAY2 4/4 25/11 106/9 210/13 432/16 306/18 . 1083/71
TOT 19/18 74/41 488/66 844/87 756/82 685/71 . 2866/365
Another fun contest from home ! This may be the case with many others,
but my personal record from last year was in the rear view mirror at lunchtime
Sunday. I didn?t check WWV during the contest, as I was unassisted, but a
check afterwards seems to show ordinary numbers at best. I continue to
maintain that a good portion of what people refer to as good conditions is
actually continuing increased participation in the contest from Europe !
It was kinda neat with the snowstorm here Friday night and much of
Saturday. Very picturesque when I went upstairs. I need a shack with a window
! I wondered what my neighbors thought about my uncleared driveway, as I?m
usually the first out there with the snowblower. My two kids, 8 and 5,
bothered me less than in the past - kinda missed it ! They were interested in
my contest snacks, and actually ate half of them. They kept tripping over
the coax stubs on the floor for SO2R.
I like adding new things for each contest - new this time:
- I did set up for SO2R for the first time from here. I found it is possible
to use a tribander with a 10 meter monobander with only a little trouble. I
used coax stubs and no receive filters. The 10 meter antenna and the tribander
are only 12 feet apart on the tower. 20 and 10 worked fine, 15 and 10 had a
little interaction. I also found that my old TS-930 was much less prone to
interference than my new TS-850, even with INRAD filters. SO2R helps a lot
with getting bored - only problem I have is remembering to hit F1 ! I had to
open the 850 during the contest to see how to lower the sidetone. Manually
switching coax stubs gets tiring after a while - I need separate antennas for
each band, and Top Ten boxes next I think.
- New International Radio filters for the TS-850 helped a lot. The 250 Hz in
the 8.83, and the 400 Hz in the 455, plus a little attenuation, and I could now
elbow my way into the low part of 40. The 930 seemed to work fine with just
the stock 500 Hz in the 455.
- A new chair ! I?d been sitting on hard kitchen chairs - ouch ! $139 at
Staples for a ?Manager?s Chair? with ?gas lift? ! FB !
- I turned the fixed 10-4 CD toward Japan, where it worked FB at 35 feet.
It?s attached to the tower with rope. My tribander performs poorly on 10
because of interaction. I?m still trying to figure out how I continue to get
hosed on 10 with a bigger monoband beam, and more wavelengths higher than 20
and 15 here. Maybe a stack would help. My highest rates are never on 10.
This time it was on Sunday morning on 15 (not Saturday !), with the 10 qso
meter on CT at 251. The middle of the opening on 10 continues to be tough, to
the point where S+P becomes a viable option. SO2R helped a lot here. 10?s
good at the end of the opening. I seem to need to go the lower bands earlier
than others here - I was on 15 at 16z and 20 at 18z Saturday - tried to stay
later on Sunday.
- I now have the new digital mod for the TS-930 installed. Coincident with
this (i.e. don?t know if it?s related), the 930 became flaky, and seemed to
fail when the rig warmed up. My trusty 930 was thus relegated to multiplier
station status. I needed a pit crew with fans ! The mod otherwise works FB,
and lets you clear the RIT during transmit. There are other things that may be
improvements, but hard to remember when fatigued, after using the stock 930 for
15 years ! The new tuning rates need getting used to, for example.
- I re-routed all my cables to make them easier to get at the switches -
ergonomics matter ! I learned this at K1GQ?s house ! Difficult band switching
deters you from changing bands and passing multipliers when fatigued.
- Time of operation was 38 hours. This was going until 03z Sunday without
sleep. It occurs to me that going sleepless is easier as a guest op, where
there are less distractions !
73 from snowy NH Stu
KC1F
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