ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: PJ4O
Operator(s): W9RE, N5OT, W4OC, N4GG
Station: PJ4O
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Bonaire - PJ4
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 579 57
80: 1122 59
40: 1860 59
20: 2090 59
15: 1977 59
10: 39 13
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Total: 7667 306 Total Score = 7,038,306
Club:
Comments:
First, sorry for the late post. We are strong believers in annoucing
our plans early and results fast - this (Wednesday) is our first shot at
an internet connection. We spent several set-up days attempting
internet service, essentially to no avail - so on to the contest; one
more year without spots except for a few hours.
15M opened slow the first day and increadably slow the second. Last
year 10 sounded like a VHF band, this year 15 did for several hours and
10 sounded like a UHF band. 15M did eventually spring to life the
second day but it was 'spotlight' propagation at times. 10M was just
one more year of constant vigilance paying off. It's hard to think 39 X
13 is a good 10M score.
We may have shaded the operating time a little too hard to 40 at the
expense of 160 - but missing 2 mults on 160 (VE4 and ND) was an
acceptable result considering the rate advantage on 40. This is one of
the toughest strategy calls from the DX side.
Bonaire is a delightful place and the antennas listed below are on a
hill
overlooking salt water.
Gear: 2 X 746PRO and AL-1200s for run. IC756pro + MLA-2500 for mult
listening. C31XR and 2 EL 40 at approx 85 feet, C3 at 65 feet, A3 at 50
feet. Dipole for 80 TX, inverted-L for 160 TX. Beverage for 80 and 160
receive that got some additional use on the high bands at times.
Writelog. W9XT keyers.
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