ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: K5EWJ
Operator(s): K5EWJ
Station: K5EWJ
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Santa Fe, TX
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 14 9
80: 60 34
40: 163 62
20: 225 65
15: 158 55
10: 40 16
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Total: 660 241 Total Score = 477,180
Club: Texas DX Society
Comments:
Equipment: Elecraft K3, Dentron Clipperton L, 3 Element SteppIR with 40 kit at
21 meters, Inverted L with 80 trap for low bands. N1MM Software.
Wow, this was the best DX contest that I ever entered. All the bands were just
great except ten (and it was not too bad!). The sun spota are coming back and
we now have better equipment than ever. I attended the dawn patrol on 160, 80
and 40. The crowd disapeared too early, just when dawn was cracking here, so I
decided to take a quick look at 20 and see what was happening before breakfast.
The band was jammed with signals before dawn! I was hearing all over Eastern
Europe and worked 20 or so stations on the first pass through the band. I
could have worked 40 or more except many of the DX were stations that I worked
on Saturday.
My antique amplifier decided to shed a contact on the band switch about noon
Sunday, so I finished the day with low power. I guess they didn't make the
band switche to last more than 30 years.
I made about 50% more contacts this time than my normal. I expect that scores
will universally improve because good propagation helps everyone and increases
the fun.
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