ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: N2RJ
Operator(s): N2RJ
Station: N2RJ
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: NNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 37
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 75 39
40: 535 73
20: 747 93
15: 155 45
10: 0 0
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Total: 1512 250 Total Score = 1,134,000
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
Last week I decided I would make a serious effort to do the ARRL DX phone test.
Didn't regret it and I am pleased with my improvement and score for my SO1R
station.
Friday night was ho-hum, had a couple of nice runs but they were short, so I
spent most of the night S&Ping the big guns from EU. Then went down to 80m and
picked them up there again. I figure they know me by name now, lol. Then went
off to bed for a couple of hours sleep.
Got up and started just before sunrise, got in early and ran 20 like I stole
it. Did not really touch 15 that much as I was having a decent rate on 20. Ran
20 until after lunch, did a little S&P. I decided to take a peek at 40 around
1800z and to my surprise it was open as a barn door and the band was crystal
clear. So I parked up on 7155 and ran all evening, what a blast! Picked up the
big guns and the little guys, then I went down to 75m and began picking up some
mults, because while I had a lot of QSOs my mults were lacking.
Saturday night was just D - E - A - D. The local graveyard looked like a party
in comparison.
Then eventually I got tired, went to bed for a few hours, got up again, looked
around 20... 15 was okay but I had a hard time running anything. Eventually I
just gave up and went back to 20 and ran for a while. Had a decent rate on 20
then decided to switch to 40 around 1830z. Ran for a few hours, then when my
rate decided to go down I went to 15 and 20 to pick up SA/JA/AS mults. I never
realized that Brazil had so many hams, lol! I S&Ped with a 60ish rate believe it
or not until the end of the contest.
No really big issues with equipment except I had to recalibrate the steppir a
few times since the plug in the back fell out. Plus my computer had a bit of
RFI problems with the keyboard. I need to investigate and cure that before the
next 'test. I took a bold move and setup everything on Windows 7, and it worked
simply flawlessly.
Special shout outs and apologies to my friends in 9Y, who I managed to work on
20, but couldn't really stop to "ole talk" just had to work them, log them and
move on.
Anyway I am liking my setup on 40, but I am beginning to see the limits of only
one radio. RF gain is your friend!
In the short term I need to get a foot pedal (or two) because one hand typing
is not fast.
Anyway that's my little story from the N2RJ QTH... see you in WPX and hopefully
IARU!
ARRL DX SSB - 2010-03-06 0000Z to 2010-03-08 0000Z - 1513 QSOs
N2RJ Max Rates:
2010-03-06 1337Z - 5.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 300 per hour by N2RJ
2010-03-06 1341Z - 3.2 per minute (10 minute(s)), 192 per hour by N2RJ
2010-03-06 2150Z - 2.2 per minute (60 minute(s)), 134 per hour by N2RJ
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