CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: FS/K1XM
Operator(s): K1XM
Station: FS5KA
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Saint Martin
Operating Time (hrs): 37
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 56 6 14
80: 278 15 46
40: 661 22 81
20: 953 26 82
15: 2236 29 98
10: 327 17 49
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Total: 4511 115 370 Total Score = 5,505,235
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Station: Elecraft K3, Alpha 374a (600 watts out
max).
Antennas: Tennadyne T-8 at 40', 40 dipole, 80 and
160 inverted vees.
As of noon Friday the Tennadyne T-8 was down with no
balun or feedline. The previous coax had arced at
the barrel connector and the coax on both sides was
very badly corroded. By 5:30 I was able to connect
the replacement feedline to the coax switch but I
had to climb the tower one more time to move the 40
meter dipole so I could rotate the beam - otherwise
it would be fixed south.
As a result I started the contest exhausted.
Friday night conditions were awful on 80 and 160 with
noise of S9 and S9+20 respectively.
Fortunately 15 was good and I was able to keep going
with just a couple hours off. Unfortunately RF got
into the voice keyer on 15 and I was too tired to fix
it so I disconnected it.
By Saturday night I was beat. I gave up and went to
sleep. That cost me the better European sunrise and,
for that matter, my sunrise. When I woke up I still
felt lousy and considered bagging the contest. But I
didn't feel up for tearing down the station or diving
down the hill.
I ate some food and finally convinced myself to tune for
a couple multipliers. I was off the air for 7 1/2 hours.
I found a quiet frequency on 15 and called CQ. A nice
European run started and I kept going. I got enough of
a second wind to keep running people but I didn't do as
much multiplier hunting as I should have. On the other
hand, having HS0AC call in on 15 over Europe was pretty
cool.
I worked a few Europeans on 10 Saturday but on Sunday it
was better and I had a run, mostly of Italian stations.
I never had a good European run on 20. And FS/K1XM is
sufficiently confusing that I only did S&P for multipliers.
Explaining "No, not Fox Six" and "No, there is no number
after the Sierra" and so forth to non-English speakers on
a noisy band gets real old real fast.
I have read that in ancient civilizations naming a
thing or knowing the name gave one power over it. As
a result people kept their real names secret. I think
this may be enjoying a renaissance in Italy, spreading
to Spain and Switzerland and to a lesser extent other
places. OTHERWISE, WHY THE HELL DOES A STATION WITH
SIX LETTERS IN THE CALLSIGN ONLY GIVE ME TWO OF THEM???
The CW contest is only a few weeks away!
Thanks to Mort, W1UQ/PJ7UQ/FS5UQ for the use of the FS5KA
station.
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