ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: VE9AA
Operator(s): VE9AA
Station: VE9AA
Class: SOSB/40 HP
QTH: NB
Operating Time (hrs): 9:31
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40: 471 71
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 471 71 Total Score = 100,323
Club: Maritime Contest Club
Comments:
The goal for this one was to beat my ARRL DX CW (80m) score in less time, seeing
as how it was an (ahem) "easier" band. Did that with 4 hours to
spare.
Not sure it was an easier band or not.
No Friday night/ Saturday morning operation. Cold draggin' me down and too
tired from work week.
Drank a cold Stella Artois and chased it with a Jack Daniels and Coke, then at
contest open, never had radio on - and about an hour later, cashed in my chips
and promptly went to bed.
Saturday I slept in and was still tired and still had head cold. (ahhh-choo!)
(note to self, drinkin' ain't a cold remedy.
Started Saturday just before Sunset and must've got spotted as I had a rip
roarin' pileup of weak (and a few strong) EU's for about 1.25hours. Best 10
rates bumped above 300 a few times - this is great I thought....until it died.
40m didn't die...the pileup did. After 2 hours I had literally nobody calling.
Swept the band and found a few mults. Went to watch TV.
Came back later...CQ's until I was blue in the face and went to bed.
Got up at 4am hoping for some Ja/VK/ZL action with maybe some late prop to EU
(an hour after their SR but what I found was 3 or 4 weak EU's who I'd already
worked, strong Carib for some mults and no DX whatsoever except a few very weak
Hawaiins. The only one I could work at this time was Bill, KH7XS.
Went and fried up a slab of ham and 2 eggs over easy and made a pot of coffee.
Came back at 5:30am or so and the KH6's were all worked now bing bang boom along
with a smattering of VK's (who of course later were VERY strong, hi)
No ZL's heard, but I see (from 3830 reports) there was at least one who had 400+
Q's on 40m, so I slept through that I guess)
No other PAC heard. Heard 2 weak Ja's )4/1-5/1) but no getting their
attention.
Watched TV all Sunday and went back at it an hour before SS here again beaming
EU.
Again a brief spurt, presumably got spotted, then after 45 mins it dried up.
Worked 1 new mult Sunday and endured an excrutiating last hour in the low teens
just to see if I could bump myself over the 100k mark. Made it in the last 2
Q's.
Had fun for the limited time I spent on the band and always kinda find 40m
rather odd, with random digi, jamming and EU-roundtables plopping down on top of
you, but it is what it is, hi!
Thanks all for the Q's.
I am ready for Sunspots and a day when I can try single band 10m or 15m !
Radio 1 IC-7410
Antennas for Radio 1 limited to:
40m - Wire 4-square in the trees (Comtek)
N1MM+, CM-500 Mic, N3ZN paddle, SO2R+ box.
(small 750w PEP SSB amp)
Thanks for the Q\'s
CU (all of a sudden) in the next one.
dit dit
Mike in NB, VE9AA
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