ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: ZM2B
Operator(s): ZL2BR
Station: ZM2B
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Taranaki
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80: 19 15
40: 392 52
20: 71 25
15: 400 51
10:
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Total: 882 143 Total Score = 378,378
Club:
Comments:
Despite the poor SFI, it was nice to enjoy a good rate for first hour on 15m,
then as prop changed it really slowed down on 15m then 20m for a few hours
until 40m opened to NA. Had some excellent rates on 40m until 1400utc when my
body said I needed some sleep. My assistant operator Henry, wasn't a starter to
take over, but hey he's only a cat.
An hour or so after sunrise 15m was very productive, until I had to take a few
hours off to attend a Scouting event. Sunday evening on 40m was nothing like
Saturday evening and when I ran out of new stations to work, I went to bed.
Again on Monday morning 15m was very productive plus I manage to work few new
mid-west and east coast mults on 20m long path.
Again as the norm these days, main-made noise (or prehaps this should now be
called person-made noise) was a big big problem here in civilized suburbia with
S9+10 on 80m and S7 on 40m on my IC-7600 (pre-amps off). It's hard to believe
that a few years ago it was possible to make up 200 contacts on 80m in this
contest
Set-up:
IC-7600, C-3SS yagi, 15m GP @ 6m, 80m inv vee dipole @ 14m.
73, Frank
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