ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: K6RIM
Operator(s): K6RIM
Station: K6RIM
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 17.6
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80: 15 13
40: 133 74
20: 217 91
15: 231 92
10: 97 69
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Total: 693 339 Total Score = 704,781
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
The propagation numbers for the contest period looked discouraging, but I found
conditions good to excellent on all of the bands. From the West Coast, 40M had
good EU openings during the evening. 20M opened early to EU and stayed open in
the afternoon and evening. Even had some decent morning openings on 10M to EU.
But found little activity from Africa.
Normally, I run HP with an Alpha 9500. Recently, I acquired an Elecraft KPA500
as a backup amplifier, and I used the KPA500 during the entire contest. So I
ran 500 watts instead of 1,500. How much difference could I detect? Virtually
none! The little KPA500 performed like a champ and I never found myself wishing
for more power.
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