CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: AA6TT
Operator(s): AA6TT
Station: AA6TT
Class: SOSB/160 HP
QTH: Topsham VT
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 131 15 44
80:
40:
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 131 15 44 Total Score = 13,806
Club:
Comments:
Decided to give new 160m Four Square a spin with a SOSB 160m operation. Hooked
up the new Array Solutions 160m Four Square box on Thursday before the contest.
VERY happy with how my array hears: stations jump in and out of the noise when I
switch directions, typically 4 S-units difference on the stronger stations (the
weaker ones just vanish). In fact, I seem to receive a lot better than I
transmit. Many stations whom I copied perfectly CQ'd repeatedly "in my face"
(even through I could hear them fine, I wasn't able to work 9K9X, A61AJ, GI5W,
IR7A, C3A, 3V8BB and a few others) and I regularly got stompted in pileups by
KC1XX, W3LPL & W4MYA. What's the opposite of an alligator? I am only using two
elevated radials per vertical and I'm guessing that I am losing a lot of TX
power into the ground. Conditions to the west and Pacific region were
horrible--I didn't work ANY zone 1, 3, or 6 stations, which should have been
easy, and didn't work KH6, ZL or any other Pacific stations. The Array
Solutions Four Square box is awesome, I'm going to use them on 80m & 40m as
well.
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