ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: VP9/W6PH
Operator(s): W6PH
Station: VP9GE
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Bermuda
Operating Time (hrs): 40.6
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 74 23
80: 401 53
40: 866 57
20: 1711 60
15: 1154 61
10: 1078 50
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Total: 5284 304 Total Score = 4,819,808
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Equipment: IC7000 Win-Test 4.11
Ants: 160m inverted L; 80m Dipole at 30 feet; 40m KA Dipole at 30 feet;
20m-10m Cushcraft A4S at 35 feet.
For the first time in my memory I had good propagation on 10m although the
entire east coast was blacked out and I missed a bunch of multipliers as well
as contacts. The following 12 stations made it into my log on 6 bands: K0KX,
K1RX, K8AZ, KN2M, N4ZC, N8TR, VY2ZM, W0AIH, W3GH, W3LPL, WE3C, and WO9Z.
The band conditions seemed to act like one band lower than at sunspot minimum.
Eighty meters acted like 160m, 40m acted like 80m, etc. I started out on 20m
and had almost 500 contacts in the log after two hours. This is usually what I
do on 40m at the beginning of the contest. As everyone did, I experienced a
high noise level on the low bands. I know that I have been nominated as the
Contest Alligator on those bands. My last hour I stayed on 20m which usually
nets 100+ contacts. Instead I had 33 contacts and couldn't get anything going
even though my frequency was reported clear. That was a strategic error. But
I wasn't getting any rate on 15m and 40m was too noisy.
I congratulate young Charlie K1XX at VP2MLL for his victory. Once again youth
trumps OF status. Propagation may have been a factor as well.
One of my highlights was putting seven call signs in the log from my home club
Bishop (CA) ARC.
This was my 14th consecutive year as VP9/W6PH. Ed VP9GE is a perfect host. I
couldn't operate at a better place.
73, Kurt W6PH
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