This was my first single op, all band effort. Well all I can say is "10
meters is AWESOME!". The first day was pretty good, but come Sunday
afternoon with the band conditions, 10 meters was a bottomless pit for
about 5 to 6 hours. Thanks to everyone in the state of Ohio with a 2X3
call that worked me. I must have talked to every novice that was
licensed.
Went down to HR6 trying to get over the flu, and rather conservative
expectations. Hell I did not even check to see what sort of score would
be good. Arrived Wednesday evening, went diving on Thursday, spend
Friday getting the inverted-L for 160 going.
Spent Friday and some of Saturday trying not to kick the VOX off with my
coughing. Sunday my tongue was sore from saying HR6/W5WW about a
million times. I apologize to all of those who asked what my call was,
but I dog tired of saying it and I could not push the voice keyer button
enough.
Thanks to all the guys who worked my puny signal on 160 meters, it was
good to get out on Saturday/Sunday night. And to all who worked me on 5
and 6 bands. It was a total blast!
73 de w5ww
Without further adieu, here are the numbers:
1999 ARRL DX CONTEST
Call used: HR6/W5WW
Location: Roatan Island, Honduras
Category: Single Op All Band
Mode: PHONE
Power: 100W
Callsign of Operator: W5WW
Exchanged Information: HR6/W5WW RST 100
Hours of Operation: 47:59
band QSOs points mults
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
160 108 324 33
80 373 1119 48
40 533 1599 55
20 1223 3669 58
15 1022 3066 59
10 2291 6873 56
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
TOTAL 5550 16650 309 SCORE: 5,144,850
Club or Team Name: The North Texas Contest Club
Radio: TS850 SAT with voice keyer
Antennas: TH-6 @35' (10-15-20), Carolina Windom @30' (40-80) ,
Inverted-L @30' (160)
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