CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: KB1H
Operator(s): KB1H,NB1U,W1TJL,KB1DFB,N1GKI,K1IN,N1QAE,KM1X
Station: KB1H
Class: M/M HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 141 10 38
80: 193 19 71
40: 315 26 97
20: 873 34 132
15: 555 29 112
10: 244 21 71
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Total: 2321 139 521 Total Score = 4,053,720
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
I had better start this off with saying we had fun. The final score was
disappointing but we did the best we could with the limited operating
time each of us had. Obvious from the lack QSOs we surely miss our
operators that run. Hopefully a few will be back and a few new ones
found or developed. Only one operator was here the full 48 hours and
most of the time only two people in the chairs. The last two hours
W1TJL operated alone.
The weather sure played havoc with most of us. Lots of precip noise
on the upper antennas and a short power failure on Friday night.
Saturday on 10 meters was a pleasant surprise. Even later Sunday
South America added to the QSO total.
I guess we tell our mistakes so others can learn. On Saturday I
did not get out in the barn until almost 11 AM local time. Signals
on 15M were strong and I could not understand why the operator was
not running. He said people he called answered but could not get
a run going. I said let me try! I sat down and before I called CQ
I noticed that the radio was set on the 160M inverted Vee! Two
points to mention. First though simple, the antenna switching here
at KB1H is manual. You have to have the correct antenna selected
at both the Daiwa switches and the antenna tuner at the operating
position. When operators only use your station twice per year
operating procedures are forgotten. A more fool proof method would be
definitely better. We probably lost 3-4 hours of prime running time
on 15M that Saturday morning.
Thanks to everyone for the QSOs and I am sure we will do better
in our preferred mode of CW.
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