ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2021
Call: N4TZ/9
Operator(s): N4TZ
Station: N4TZ
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 38:48
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 83 33
80: 210 59
40: 168 59
20: 783 79
15: 94 39
10: 30 17
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Total: 1368 286 Total Score = 1,173,744
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
OPERATING TIME: 38:48:15
CQ COUNTER: 1951
RUN/SEARCH: 684/692 Qs
UNIQUE CALLSIGNS: 1002
SOFTWARE: TR4W v.4.77.0 http://www.tr4w.net
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries
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160CW 83 83 249 33
80CW 212 210 630 59
40CW 169 168 504 59
20CW 788 783 2349 79
15CW 94 94 282 39
10CW 30 30 90 17
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Totals 1376 1368 4104 286
Final Score = 1173744 points.
UGH! Things started badly and went downhill from there.
I tested all my antennas during the week preceding the
contest, and even Friday morning. So, after working ZF1A on
the low SE 40m Cushcraft, I switch to the top 40m yagi to
find a very high SWR and minimal signals heard.
Then after sunset I turn to 160 meters to find that the
transmitting antenna is hearing better than the YCCC
receiving array. The YCCC shows directivity but is very
weak and noisy. Listened to the transmitting antennas all
weekend.
Saturday afternoon I trudge through the snow to see
about the 40m yagi. Dig through the snow drift at the bottom
of the tower to check all the tape - everything looks ok.
Try to tighten the connectors on the 40m relay box - seems
ok. Back inside still no joy, so end up using the lower
40m antenna. Both QSOs and mults suffer badly as a
result. Spent a lot of time on 40, just no results.
Like everyone else, I surely did miss the easy QSOs and
Multipliers from the COVID-restricted Caribbean area. That
and the 40m antenna problems led to virtually all of the
decrease in score this year.
2021 ARRL DX Test N4TZ
Continent List
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
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USA calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NA calls = 12 22 20 29 23 12 118
SA calls = 2 6 9 19 38 17 91
Euro calls = 65 172 119 693 26 0 1075
African calls = 0 4 7 7 4 0 22
Asian calls = 1 4 2 7 0 0 14
Japan calls = 0 2 1 26 0 0 29
Ocean calls = 3 2 11 7 3 1 27
Total calls = 83 212 169 788 94 30 1376
6-band QSOs:
FM5BH HI0LT KH6LC KP2M NP2DX NP3X NP4Z NP4DX P44W PJ2T ZF1A
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