ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: N2IC
Operator(s): N2IC
Station: N2IC
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: New Mexico
Operating Time (hrs): 47
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 27 23
80: 138 52
40: 841 91
20: 1147 94
15: 1265 99
10: 1039 97
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Total: 4457 456 Total Score = 6,097,176
Club:
Comments:
Considering the dire propagation forecast for a trio of CME's to hit just before
and during the contest, it was an amazing weekend !
Conditions on 10-40 were just fabulous, with Saturday being the better day on
10 and 40, and Sunday being the better day on 20. 80 and 160 were, well, awful.
A small price to pay.
Thanks (or, maybe, no thanks) to Skimmers and the RBN, European pileups were
instantaneous and all exactly zero beat when hitting a band for the first time.
Please, folks, it only takes about 50 Hz to spread things out, which results in
everybody getting a QSO much faster. Both major contest loggers have the
capability to automatically randomize your frequency +- 50 Hz from the spot
frequency. Otherwise, I found the operators to be mostly excellent, and very
few instances of stations not signing their call frequently.
In 30+ years of operating from Colorado and New Mexico, I have never heard 20
meters so good across an entire weekend. Afternoon absorption to EU (after 10
and 15 closed) was low both days, and the unexpected bonus was a solid
all-night opening on Saturday night (Sunday GMT) from 04Z-11Z. It started with
JA/UA9 and moved westward as sunrise advanced across Europe. As a result, I
only made 130 QSO's on 40 meters on day 2....But that is perfectly okay with 20
so hot.
Thanks for all the QSO's !
73,
Steve
Radios: TS-590S (x2), Alpha 76PA, Alpha 76CA
Antennas: 160 sloping dipole, shunt-fed tower; 80 2 el wire beam switchable
SW/NE, rotatable dipole; 40 4 el (M2 40M4LLDD); 20 5 el; 15 6 el; 10 6 el;
KT-36XA.
Software: N1MM Logger
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