ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG
Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 34 28
80: 93 54
40: 139 68
20: 260 83
15: 212 74
10: 34 12
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Total: 772 319 Total Score = 738,804
Club:
Comments:
ARRL SSB DX Contest 2006
N4KG SOAB(A) Low Power
Conditions for this event were surprisingly better than anticipated from what I
heard just prior to the contest. Originally I planned on starting on 20 Meters,
but on impulse I checked 15 and was pleased to find 6 JA?s, LU, PY, ZP from
South America, along with KH6, V7, VK, and ZL from the Pacific in the first 30
minutes. Another 18 multipliers were worked on 20 Meters in the next hour.
40 Meters was loaded with strong signals that kept me busy for the next 2.5
hours, netting 34 multipliers. At 0300Z I went to 160M for the anticipated ?top
of the hour? activity and was rewarded with 5 Caribbean multipliers.in 20
minutes. The following hour produced 31 multipliers on 80 Meters. I continued
to cycle between 40, 80,and 160 Meters with good results until 0830Z. To my
delight, the feared atmospheric noise from approaching storms was considerably
less than expected.
Morning found 20 Meters already open to Europe at 1200Z, just before my sunrise,
producing 35 multipliers in the first hour, before QSYing to 15 Meters at 1300Z
only to find 6 NA / SA stations. Back to 20M until 1342Z and my first 15M
European (OE4A) at 1348Z. I stayed with 15M until 1606Z when I took an hour nap
due to being overly tired and declining propagation to Europe due to increased
absorption with the sun midway between Europe and W4.
For the rest of the day, I cycled between 20, 15, and 10 Meters.in Search and
Pounce mode with moderate to low rates. 10 Meter openings were brief and
sporadic between 1700Z and 2200Z, primarily to CX and LU with an occassional
closer?in multiplier from FY, HC, HK, PJ, YV, and 8P.
Saturday evening I cycled between 20, 40, and 80 Meters looking for ?fresh meat?
and an occasional new multiplier until 0244Z when I decided I needed another nap
if I was going to be functional during the European Sunrise peak. I expect I
missed some 40 and 80 Meter Q?s and multipliers while napping. Fortunately, 40,
80, and even 160M were in good condition when I awoke and I was rewarded with a
nice opening to Europe on 160M between 0500 and 0630Z. Running only 100W to a
tree supported inverted L, I was VERY pleased to work 10 European multipliers on
160M SSB !
I had hoped to get hours sleep after 0730Z but awoke a couple of hours later,
made 3 contacts on 40M, including TO1T for a new multiplier, followed by another
2 hours of fitful sleep. Once again, 20 Meters was already open to Europe at
1200Z and to my delight and surprise, 15M opened to Europe just after 1230Z.
The 15M opening was not strong and activity levels were low so I tried CQing
which resulted in a nice run for 30 minutes low in the band. After spending 30
minutes on 20 Meters, I returned to 15M to find stronger signals but for some
reason I was NOT able to establish another run. By 1600Z, a combination of
sleep deprivation, slow rates, and NO Voice-Keyer (BIG mistake) led me to take
yet another nap.
Mid-day Sunday was frustratingly slow with 20M being the only band open to
Europe and 10M only open to CX and LU. At 2000Z I decided to walk my dog and
missed the brief but productive 10M opening to most of South America and the
Caribbean that my neighbors were delighted to convey after the contest.
Rates, and multipliers, picked up for the last 3 hours of the contest. ON5SY
was logged on 40M at 2311 for a new multiplier but DJ1AA couldn?t even tell I
was calling through the Broadcast QRM on his listening frequency. He was the
first DL I had heard on 40M even though I had many central European QSO?s. I
went back to fight the Packet Pileups for TI8CBT (YAY!) and ZF2NT (no joy) on
20M, returning to 40M at 2340Z. FINALLY, DJ1AA was able to hear me. That left
Z36W and TF3YH in my memories. After 10 minutes of calling, Z36W was logged at
2356Z. On to TF3YH who was rather weak in spite of his KW and vertical.
Amazingly, he pulled my 100W out of the QRM for my final QSO (and multiplier) at
2358Z.
Multi-Band QSO?s were more difficult in this contest due to the very poor
conditions on 10M most of the weekend. Only 3 stations were worked on 6 bands,
13 stations on 5 Bands, 31 stations on 4 Bands, and 19 stations on 3 Bands as
listed below.
6 Bands 5 Bands 4 Bands 3 Bands
(160-15)(EU 80-15)
1 FY5KE CT8T 6V6U DJ1AA
2 PJ2T FS5KA 8R1EA EA6UN
3 TO5A-FM G4BUO 8R1ZUM EI9E
4 IR2C 9A15DX GM7V
5 KH7X 9A7A HB9AUS
6 NP2B EA5DFV HB9CXZ
7 P40A EA8ZS HK5CPH
8 P40W F6DZU HR2DMR
9 PJ4G G6PZ IW3IE
10 TI8M HG1S J37K
11 VP5H HG6N JA0QNJ
12 WP3F HK6PSG JF1SQC
13 XE7T HQ9F JH4UYB
14 HR1CP LT0H
15 IR4X LU4WG
16 J88DR OA4SS
17 JA1ELY TO1T (FG)
18 KH6/K2YY ZP0R
19 KH6WT ZX3S
20 LR2F
21 LU4DX
22 OE4A
23 OE9XRV
24 OK1RI
25 OM5M
26 P40CW
27 PI4TUE
28 RK2FWA
29 V31BH
30 VP9/W6PH
31 ZX2B
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