ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: KH6/AA4V
Operator(s): AA4V + PACKET
Station: KH6/AA4V
Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: Keauhou Bay, Hawaii
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 67 26
40: 82 28
20: 215 33
15: 10 4
10: 0 0
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Total: 374 91 Total Score = 102,102
Club: Carolina DX Assn
Comments:
One definition of insanity is doing the same action over and over again and
expecting a different result. That's how I felt after calling CQ Soooo many
times and being mostly greeted with silence. Radio conditions at Keauhou Bay
were fairly poor this year. Take into consideration that I am located on the
western side of the Big Island and the path is blocked to the North, East and
South by three (count 'em) volcanos (Hualalai, 8,271 ft, Mauna Kea, 13,796 ft
and Mauna Loa, 13,679 ft). Throw in low power AND a Perth Outbacker vertical
(12 feet tall) with radials and you also can call yourself a masochist as
well.
Being on the west side of the island, it was very easy to attract all manner
of
stations in Asia and Oceania. I was called by many JAs and others who rightly
thought Hawaii is just another state. Since I was not very busy working
mainland and VE stations, I had plenty of time to explain to them that in this
contest KH6 and KL7 are not states but DX.
In any event, many thanks to those who actually heard me and took the time to
give me a contact. A special thanks to those who spotted me which usually
resulted in another two or three contacts in a row. I tried S&P often and had
the likes of W3LPL and others continue to CQ in my face.
Aloha from Paradise and Mahalo.
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