CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: N9TF
Operator(s): N9TF
Station: N9TF
Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP
QTH: IL
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 259 28 79
10:
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Total: 259 28 79 Total Score = 78,431
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
THAT....WAS FUN!!! Started out just trying to see how many different DXCC and
zones I could work on 15m.
Wasn't sure how much time I was going to have to spend in chair. Started out
just tuning up and down 15 meters looking for new countries. Once back in the
chair Saturday afternoon/evening I decided to use the DX cluster for help. By
then I also decided to work everything I heard! 15 meters was soooo good I
decided to stay with
it as a single band entry. No time to operate in the evening this time around.
Was hoping for DXCC, but fell 21 countries short of that goal. Still, I was very
happy with all of my catches. I really had a chance to put my ProIII rx to the
test for a couple of Q's that occupied a considerable amount of time. On Sunday
morning I tuned across the band and heard a weak voice in between heavy QRN plus
1khz and minus 1khz. It was A73A. I had the rx pass band down to a tight 1.4khz
and manually tuning the notch filter with 12DB of attenuation in to be able to
hear him. I think it was about 20 minutes of calling on may part before I got
through the east coast wall! Then there was AH0BT late in the afternoon on
Saturday. He wasnâ??t very strong in my Rxer, and had Qrn to one side close in.
Was able to tweak him in, but had to sneak my call in, in between the west coast
guys. Band came up for just a bit of a peak and he worked a few 9â??s in a row
and one of them was me! Put in a total of just over 12 hours, with lots of
tuning and listening for new ones. Tried calling a few times but it either
netted nothing or a few calls from statesiders obviously looking for that U.S.
contact! During the peak of propagation it was pretty futile of me to even try
and call, as I did a couple of times and was almost immediately booted by a
much more powerful station! Found that my sweet spot for making Q's more easily
to EU was from about 1500 to 1600 UTC. Before that, east coast guys beat me out
every time, and after that west coasters buried my 100 watts! Sunday was a lot
of fun with propagation. By mid afternoon had pipeline to central and South
America, and then also was hearing JA's, VK and ZL. Pacific was attenuated
compared to South America, and not a lot of activity. Only one ZL and one VK in
log. Lots of fun! So now Iâ??m warmed up for sweepstakes to begin. I plan on
lots of chair time! Station conditions: Icom 756 ProIII 100 watts to a mini
beam MA5B at 37'. Total time in contest just
over 12 hours.
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