ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG
Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 63 45
80: 125 72
40: 207 82
20: 328 87
15: 157 75
10: 29 17
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Total: 909 378 Total Score = 1,030,806
Club:
Comments:
ARRL CW DX Contest 2006
N4KG SOAB (A) LP
The first 9 hours were GREAT FUN on the Low Bands, along with the Saturday
morning opening to Europe on 20M. The 15M opening was short, weak, and suffered
from less activity but I stayed with it because that was ?as good as it was
going to get?. After that, as a Low Power Assisted Entrant, it was a long grind
of Packet Pileups. I was forced to swing my Low Tribander (TH7 at 40 ft./12m.)
between SA, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific following a night of freezing rain
that left my 5L10, 4L15, 3L20, and 2L40 Monobanders literally frozen on Europe.
I know, I should have finished the replacement tower for my multiplier antennas
that are sitting on the ground waiting for a new support after dismantling my
heavily rusted 40+ year-old TV tower.
My goals for this contest were to maximize multipliers and make as many
multi-band QSO?s as possible. The incredible Low Band Conditions aided by a
short SA/Caribbean 10M opening Sunday Noon paid off Big Time with 15 stations on
6 Bands, 17 stations on 5 Bands, 22 stations on 4 Bands, and 33 stations on 3
Bands as listed in the table below.
Years of QRP Contesting taught me that Patience, Persistence, and TIMING can
yield surprisingly good results, even on the Low Bands, where my simple Wire
Antennas performed Miracles. Who would think that 100 Watts to a tree supported
Inverted L would account for 45 countries on 160M from North Alabama (only 70
miles from W5)? I?ve learned to expect that my 130 ft (40m.) High Dipoles will
bust through DX pileups, even with Low Power, and they did, to the tune of 72
counties on 80M. Once again, a hearty Thank You to Cushcraft for their 2L 40M
beam that netted 82 countries to my multiplier and has performed admirably for
many years with zero maintenance.. I?m sure I missed many Q?s and probably some
multipliers on 40M due to lengthy stays on 80 and 160M. It was interesting to
note that there appeared to be a lot of single band entrants, mostly from
Europe, especially on 160, 80, and 40M.
Almost all contacts were made by Search and Pounce with just a few short runs on
20 when no more ?fresh meat? could be found. The second 24 hours was
particularly grueling after only an hour and a half sleep just before sunrise on
Saturday and too many days burning the DX candle at both ends before the
contest, mostly chasing 3Y0X on all bands. The net results was a LOT of short
breaks to get away from the radio, make pit stops, and walk the dog for some
exercise and fresh air. I need a relief operator to take the Day Shift !
Tom N4KG / LP
N4KG SOAB(A)Low Power ARRL CW DX 2006
Multi-Band QSO's
6 Bands 5 Bands 4 Bands 3 Bands
1 8P9PA 6V6U DL3YM DK3GI
2 FG/N0YY CO8LY EA3AKY DR1A
3 FS5UQ CU2A F6BEE EA2AAZ
4 HK1AR CU7/dl5 F6HKM EA5FV
5 J7OJ EA5RS GM3YTS EA6UN
6 LR2F EA8ZS HG1S EA8CN
7 P40W FG/N0YY HG1S EA9EU
8 PJ2T G4BUO HG6N ED6B
9 PJ4R HI3TEJ IR4M EI4DW
10 PS2T HQ9H LN4W ES5Q
11 TI5N IR2C LU4AA F6HKA
12 TO9A KH6WT OE4EMS GM5A
13 V31PP LR2F OK1RF HB9CVQ
14 VP2MVX P49Y OM7M IO4T
15 WP2Z V31TP PI4TUE J43J
16 VP5/wj2 PJ7/nd5 KH6RZ
17 WP3C RK2FWA KL7DX
18 TI3M LU7EE
19 V26G OE8SKQ
20 VP9/k9 OH4A
21 YR7M OH6NIO
22 YZ1U OL3Z
23 OM5M
24 OY1CT
25 PA0LOU
26 PJ5NA
27 RD3A
28 VP9/W6PH
29 XE1MM
30 YT150AU
31 YV1/w5alt
32 ZK1NOU
33 ZP0R
6 Bands 5 Bands 4 Bands 3 Bands
CALLS 15 17 22 33
QSO's 90 85 88 99
Total QSO's 6/5/4/3 bands = 362
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