ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: AB1OD
Operator(s): AB1OD
Station: AB1OD
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 1 1
80: 110 44
40: 142 52
20: 341 81
15: 222 82
10: 46 138
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Total: 862 288 Total Score = 744,768
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Station: Icom 7000, Carolina Windom @ 20m (+inverted L cloud-warmer for 160)
Well, that was fun. Operated when not otherwise occupied with honey-do's,
sleep, and other commitments. CW does not come easily to; since recent
experience has shown that I'm not ready to try to run in a big CW test, this
was strictly a S&P effort.
My primary objective was to qualify for a certificate. Passed the 500 Q
threshold before going to bed Saturday night...so then I figured I'd at least
commit myself to 750 Q's. After I passed that mark, I figured I'd see if I
could reach the "100 DXCC in a weekend" landmark...but didn't quite hit that
mark -- 97 entities worked, including 4 new ones.
Propagation was interesting. While 40m is not a good band for me, conditions
seemed great Friday evening, so-so Saturday evening, and disappointing in the
closing hours. 80m on the other hand was disappointing Friday night and great
on Saturday night (finally got to Hawaii on 80m). 10m was generally
disappointing. 15m and 20m seemed good-to-excellent -- I usually have a hard
time just hearing JA from my QTH, but for a while late Sunday afternoon, 15m
was filled with JA signals here, and I was even able to work a few on 20m both
days.
And as for 160 -- only rarely am I successful in making contacts beyond
1000-1500 miles or so. Fortunately, Bermuda is within that range. Perhaps I
should have tried for a few more Q's, but 40 and 80 were just too productive
Friday and Saturday nights.
Thankfully tomorrow's a holiday; I need time to recover from all the fun.
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