ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: N4ZC
Operator(s): N4ZC
Station: N4ZC
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: Charlotte NC
Operating Time (hrs): 39:50
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 62 41
80: 155 67
40: 277 95
20: 427 111
15: 421 123
10: 182 73
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Total: 1524 510 Total Score = 2,331,720
Club: CDXA
Comments:
Many of us are getting rather long in the tooth. I turned 74 last month. How
much longer can I/we keep this up? I see some asking for shorter contest
periods. Part of the total contest test is how much can you push yourself. I
vote to keep it 48 hours. (I'll own up to the fact I was one of those stone age
people that voted to keep ARRL two weeks) I can't do 48 hours any more but it is
still up to me how long I can push myself.
As a single op, from home, the DXer in me always wins, as I try to max out the
number of mults on each band. I'll never win but part of my fun is to see how
far I can push myself and still keep up reasonable on the air operation for my
quest.
Lots of noise on the low bands but if you really want to hear noise, try
listening to 500 KHZ, 8 hours a day, for 20 years. Anyone who ever did it will
know why, I'm glad those days are gone for ever.
No special RX antennas here. 160 Inv V @115', 80 2 half wave slopers E & W, 40
Inv V @105'. 20/15/10 12 el LP (T-12) @130'. IC-746PRO & AL-1200.
Great fun on 20/15 Saturday night with the over the pole DX. A slight reminder
of the last 4 cycle peaks. In those days we worked over the pole 10m DX
nightly.
I've now been in the south long enough to say
73 ya'll
Roger
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