ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: KT4ZB
Operator(s): KT4ZB
Station: KT4ZB
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: Savannah, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40: 31 24
20: 238 83
15: 255 83
10: 215 73
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Total: 739 263 Total Score = 583,071
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Scheduled conflicts for Saturday morning and evening left little time for radio.
Since I knew I could not be competitive, I decided to play 10m-15m-20m and pass
out points and enjoy the contest. So I worked a little on 20m Friday night and
then got some time in on Saturday afternoon. It seemed that conditions were
pretty good so I looked forward to spending Sunday on the air. It's pretty
cool when conditions are better than you expect...EU was strong all day and I
never seemed to run out of S&P stations to work. SA and the Caribbean were
also excellent with lots of 100w stations from PY and LU in the log. Asia and
Oceania were not as good. I only worked a few JAs, KH2, VK, ZL, 5W and a JT5,
who was very loud Saturday evening and was my catch of the contest.
On Sunday, I thought a reasonable goal would be 500-600 contacts and 200 mults
for the tribander. Again, nice to have the day go better than you expect as
QSOs climbed quickly and around 5 pm local time, I couldn't resist not
switching to 40m just to add a few more mults. Fun Dx was hearing the ZD7
working split down on 10m Sunday afternoon. I passed him by a few times, and
finally decided to waste some time in the pile. After switching to split and
setting dual receive, I immediately stumbled onto a stateside response and
called when he finished. That was it, only a single call...how fun is that?
Of course, I won't tell you how many times I tried the KH2L pile before making
contact.
Anyway, a great radio weekend, my thanks to the contest committee and all those
who contacted me. Looking forward to WPX.
cu on the bands - Jere
Yaesu 1000MP Field, TH6-DXX, 40m Bobtail, N1MM
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