ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: N5DO
Operator(s): N5DO
Station: N5DO
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 53 34
40: 118 62
20: 211 84
15: 401 90
10: 224 58
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Total: 1007 328 Total Score = 989,904
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Conditions seemed to be down a little from the CW weekend. There was an
unusual, but welcome, opening on 20M to Europe early Saturday morning. From
5:30 am to 6:15 am, when Europe can sometimes be heard here but they can never
hear me, propagation was great and I made 63 European QSOs. At the same time I
was apparently only at the noise level in the Caribbean (according to John, K6AM
at PJ2T). I don't know if the opening was there on Sunday because I woke up too
late. Even though there were a fair number of mults available on 10M, the band
did not feel open like it was in October for the CQWW tests.
One disturbing trend: more running DX stations than I ever remember before
would complete a QSO with no acknowledgment that that my exchange was received.
So the QSO would go like this: "XX1XX" "N5DO" "N5DO 59 K" "59 Texas" "XX1XX."
Instead of the runner going back to the running mode I would prefer some sense
that my exchange was received -- even something simple like "QSL, XX1XX" or
"Thanks, XX1XX." Just giving the call sign leaves me wondering if my exchange
was copied or even heard (especially when I am low power).
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