World Wide Digi DX Contest - 2019
Call: K6OK
Operator(s): K6OK
Station: K6OK
Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 22.6
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80: 74 16
40: 182 38
20: 235 40
15: 10 6
10:
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Total: 501 100 Total Score = 116,000
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
I really, really like this new contest because it is so different from any
other. Best feature are the three "sandboxes" to play in per band:
FT4, FT8 with contesters, and FT8 non-contesters. Second best feature is the
distance-weighted scoring. Putting these together and there are a lot of
strategic decisions to be made to optimize your score. You can't just park on a
freq and run stations all day.
Since this is a DX contest and not a rate contest, I chose to emphasize FT8 over
FT4 (about a 60/40 split). I'm glad I did because when seeing FT-8 and FT-4 side
by side on the same band, it appeared FT-8 is a lot better at decoding weak DX
signals. Most of my 4- and 5-pointers came from FT-8.
I'm really looking forward to next year's version. Icom 7300, old tube amp at
350 to 400 watts, tribander and 2-ele 40 beam at 65 feet, 80m dipole at 58 feet.
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