ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: N7ZG
Operator(s): N7ZG
Station: N7ZG
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: WWA
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80: 19 9
40: 40 21
20: 169 54
15: 57 36
10: 35 11
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Total: 320 131 Total Score = 125,760
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Comments:
Whew!
I'm exhausted....
I'm not just talking about long hours in the chair. Each contact was a slog.
Multiply that by # of Q's and I'm ready for a hot tub.
The conditions seemed good to me. The EU opening on Sat. morning was not the
greatest from a signal strength standpoint. The good news was that the openings
lasted alot longer than during the CQWW last fall. The Sunday opening came
later here on the left coast. I missed the beginning of it because I was
enjoying a stronger 10M opening to SA than the one on Sat. I was able to work
some Carribean during that one. Boy I miss 10M. ....
Not much from AF or AS. Just CN2R, CT9L and DU9BG.
Just could'nt run much. Not many JA's around. 40 and 80 seemed pretty good
(although its a relative concept ;-)). I put up a full wave vertically
polarized loop for 40 in addition to my 80M inverted V. It seemed to play
fairly well. No EU though. I was able to work pretty much everything I heard
on my K2. I built and installed the DSP board the week before the contest. It
works so well I can now just leave the preamp on for all bands. My ears aren't
fried so I'm happy.
I was banking on some getting some decent runs and that just didn't happen. The
score reflects that. Oh well..... Ya gotta have Q's to multiply. ;-)
I hope conditions are good for both WPX tests.
73's and thanks for the Q's
Guy, N7ZG
Rig: Elecraft K2/100
S/W: WriteLog
Ant: Force 12 C3S at 60 ft. 80M V and 40M loop.
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