WAE DX Contest, CW
Call: K5KG
Operator(s): K5KG
Station: K5KG
Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 44 20 19
40: 239 225 39
20: 455 506 42
15: 512 500 43
10: 145 140 32
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Total: 1395 1391 175 = 1,188,341
Club/Team:
Comments:
A fun contest, and the condx were better than I expected. Some thrilling
moments when my 40 meter yagi went dead, swr went sky high and the tuner in the
amp let out a holler! I was imagining that the Osprey who perches on the
antenna had finally managed to break a loading wire. A quick inspectiion with
the flashligh showed that the loading wires were in tact, and the Osprey was no
where to be found. Second thought was that a friendly neighbor cut the coax!
Finally traced the problem to a failed ICE lightning suppressor in the shack,
whew!
Second thrill was going to 20 meters on Saturday afternoon only to find the
band completely cluttered with hash from something. Turned out to be Radio
Marti on 13,820 khz. Their splatter was at least 500 khz wide! Fortunately
they went QRT an hour later and by Sunday afternoon their signal was clean, so
they must have had a "technical problem".
This was my first serious go at this contest, and I found it most interesting,
especially the QTC's, which Write Log handles really well. I found it a
challenge to plan how to dump those final QTC's in the last few minutes of the
contest. The max 3 off-time rule is also a challenge. I had to pretty much
stay in the seat all day Saturday in order to save the third off-time for
Sunday.
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