ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: E20AE
Operator(s): W0DLE
Station: E20AE
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Thailand
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40: 22 5
20: 74 32
15: 74 34
10: 50 23
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Total: 220 94 Total Score = 62,040
Club: Club Station
Comments:
Thanks to John, HS1CHB for the use of the Club Station E20AE. His hospitality
made an otherwise tedious contest bearable. This was a difficult contest
running LP. Despite wise warnings from N2IC, I had little understanding of US
band openings available here in SE Asia. First night was productive but the
second night here was much quieter because of solar activity.
Thailand is not Japan. Once I figured out that running stations using LP was
out of the question, I began a multiplier hunt. I thought this would be the
only way to post a respectable score from here. Running LP seems more like QRP
even though the station has a TH5 at 20 meters and a full size 40M vertical
mounted high in the air. Operation of the station would be entirely different
in the CQ WW as I would not have to concentrate only on US stations 10,000
miles away. I heard lots of Asia and EU stations in the mix, USA was far more
difficult to come by except for the usual well known big guns.
Aside from mosquitos constantly chewing on me, It was still a good experience.
Chuck
W0DLE
HS0ZLO
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