ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: K5GO
Operator(s): K5GO
Station: K5GO
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: ARKANSAS
Operating Time (hrs): 46
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 36 31
80: 105 55
40: 277 54
20: 725 92
15: 94 34
10: 37 11
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Total: 1274 277 Total Score = 1,058,694
Club:
Comments:
Odd conditions.... Perhaps a lack of activity from Europe - not sure. I would
have given 25 to 1 odds on a lot of money betting that I would work at least
one station in either England OR Germany on 40M and would have lost the bet. I
would not have taken those same odds betting that I would work as many VK
stations as I did on the same band or would have lost that one also.
I felt bad for the USA stations who didn't understand and would call using
split frequency in the CW band on 40M to give me a contact.
Having two or three very weak USA stations call in on Sunday afternoon on 20M,
and being very tired, especially of digging for another /wet noodle USA
station, another American voice called. Instead of trying very hard to get his
call, I kept asking him if he was in the United States. He was persistent and
kept calling over and over. Finally with the help of a preamp I got his call -
XU7ACY. That provided a little excitement for me.
It was fun to move the multipliers around - best move was during a "run" of 5
Australians on 80M V31XX called in and gave me a new one on that band. We then
moved to 40M and 160M and I was back within two minutes to finish the "run" of
the last two Australians.
It has probably been at least 30 years since I worked a Phone DX Contest single
operator, if I ever did it.
Slept exactly 1.5 hours from 10:20 PM until 11:50PM Saturday night.
Regardless of the conditions, I had fun using the station and tried as hard as
I could.
73 and thanks to the DX for the contacts.
Stan, K5GO
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