CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: K9DX
Operator(s): K9DX
Station: K9DX
Class: SO HP
QTH: IL
Operating Time (hrs):
QSOs: 991 States/Provinces: 58 Countries: 34 Score: 246,560
Comments:
DESPITE WHAT I THOUGHT WERE STATION IMPROVEMENTS, THIS YEAR YIELDED LESS QSO'S,
LESS EUROPEANS, LESS JA, AND LESS SCORE. AT THE START, THE RATE WAS MUCH BETTER
THAN LAST YEAR. AFTER THE FIRST FEW HOURS IT WAS A STRUGGLE. SIGNALS FROM
EUROPE WOULD BE S8 ONE MINUTE AND BE GONE FIVE MINUTES LATER.
WITH THE NEW RULES, I SUPPORT LIMITING OPERATOR TIME. 30 HOURS MAY EVEN BE
TOO LONG TO AVOID THE ENDLESS CQ'ing. WITH THE STATION IMPROVEMENTS, SO2R,
ETC., THIS AND MANY OTHER CONTESTS ARE BECOMING TOO ACTIVITY LIMITED. IT IS NOT
UNUSUAL TO HAVE HALF OF THE QSO'S IN THE FIRST FIVE HOURS.
THANKS TO THE MANY DX STATIONS WHO REPEATED THEIR CALL ENDLESSLY FOR ME.
JOHN K9DX
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