ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: N4RV
Operator(s): KE3X
Station: N4RV
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Oakton, VA
Operating Time (hrs): 38.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 28 23
80: 69 42
40: 299 71
20: 861 91
15: 1006 92
10: 146 46
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Total: 2409 365 Total Score = 2,637,855
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Many thanks to Jack, N4RV for hosting me again and helping with pre-contest
planning and strategy! This was the first time I had attempted a pseudo-full
time SOAB effort in a 48-hour DX contest, and I had a lot to learn about
propagation, sleep, multipliers, band strategy and so forth. My goals
beforehand were:
- operate between 40-42 hours (ended at 38.5, close enough)
- hit 2,500 QSO's and/or 2.5MM points (missed the Q's but got the points)
- see what a two-day SO2R Phone contest feels like (no comment :-)
All the equipment worked fine all weekend and Murphy gracefully stayed out of
the picture. This was a real workout for my Phone SO2R skills (or lack of
them ...) which should hopefully pay off in Sweepstakes next year! Also I
learned some good lessons about being aggressive on the low bands. The first
two nights I didn't try to run on 40 - big mistake. Finally at 5PM local time
Sunday I found 7.162 open and started CQ'ing. This led immediately to a
frequency fight with a Eastern European multi who was 1.2 khz lower, followed
by a 100-hour into Europe :-) [Since when does 1.2 khz spacing lead to a
frequency fight when you are 5,000 miles from a guy, anyway? I guess that was
confirmation of how loud Jack's station can be ...]
Had some fast runs on both 15- and 20- with the 10-minute rate meter up above
300 a few times when I got spotted. Note to self: move more mults next time.
Best moment was being called by Saudia Arabia on 40M with 30 minutes to go in
the contest - sweet!
73,
Ken KE3X
Configuration at N4RV:
2 x FT-1000's w/DX Doubler, Alpha 87, Henry
10/15: 4-over-4 stacks, lower ones fixed on Europe, top rotatable
10-20: Bencher Skyhawk
40: wire beam fixed NE
80: dipoles
160: Inv-L
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