ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: N6WG
Operator(s): N6WG
Station: N6WG
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Newark CA
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 3 3
80: 2 1
40: 54 21
20: 46 23
15: 98 37
10: 30 20
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Total: 233 105 Total Score = 73,395
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Got off to a very slow start. Felt like trying to wring blood
from a turnip. Conditions didn't seem to be going anywhere, plus
we had heavy rain during the evening, which upset my antenna matches.
I had only 6500 points when I shut down Friday midnight.
Saturday morning things picked, but slowed around midday. Then they
picked up again in the early afternoon and went well until I
shut down at 0400 UTC. It seemed like I'd worked everything I
could hear, so decided to go read a book for a while instead.
Early Sunday morning picked up some JAs on 40m to help the score
along while waiting for the higher bands to open. Had a good time
Sunday afternoon until the end. I was a bit surprised at how early
10m died Sunday afternoon. It seemed like everyone just abandoned
the band, whether it had any life remaining or not.
The best tactical decision I made was to skip the pileups on some
good DX stations. I just stuck around long enough to identify the
stations and mark them in my bandmap. Checking on them later I
found them CQing with no takers, and very easy pickings then.
This year I wound up with my best performance so far, 105 mults
(same as last year) but 233 QSOs, 22 more than last year. A new
high score of 73395 points, up 11%, so I'm feeling successful.
I've been looking at the results postings and I've seen one other
QRPer with a score 10 times mine! Now that is humbling. Thank
goodness I don't compete with anyone but myself.
The station is about maxed out in terms of development. The K2 at
5w, nested bisquares for 10m and 15m, and a 60f CF dipole for 20, 40
and 80m. For 160m I have my 50 ft toploaded vertical which
netted me 3 QSOs and 3 mults on topband. I guess all that's left
that I can work on improving is the aging operator :-) Perhaps I
can coax this old body into a few more hours each night for more
seat time. TR LOG works well for me, so maybe I can learn some more
of its features for a tiny bit more edge.
Anyway, I had a great time and am planning for next year already.
See you all in the contests.
73, Bob N6WG
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