CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: K8BL
Operator(s): K8BL
Station: K8BL
Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: OHIO
Operating Time (hrs): 9.8
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 4 3 4
80: 22 10 20
40: 51 14 50
20: 92 33 87
15: 100 30 95
10: 78 28 76
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Total: 347 118 332 Total Score = 421,200
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
I knew I couldn't spend a lot of time on this one (Phone - yuck!), so I decided
to work ONLY Mults. Did the Assisted Mode and only worked new Mults as they
showed up in the Band Map. Whenever I was fortunate enough to clear them all
out, I'd switch to another Band and do likewise. It was lots of fun! If I ran
out of Mults or couldn't break pileups in about 10 minutes, I'd go outside and
work on leaves (phooey!!).
Also, I had recently replaced all my wire antennas (160/80/40/30) with newly
constructed Bazookas and wanted to see how they performed. The 160 is a half
Bazooka configured as an Inverted L and the other three are Inverted Vees.
They
all performed as good as I had hoped and were nicely quiet due to being fully
at DC ground. It's also nice to be able to operate without a Tuner due to them
being very broadbanded. (XYL has a FIT when I go up the tower!!! HIHI)
What a pleasure having the Bands back in such great shape - FB propagation and
low QRN! I almost did a WAZ and only missed Zone 28.
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