ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2021
Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: Waltham, EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 0 0
40: 68 40
20: 100 43
15: 34 19
10: 1 1
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Total: 203 193 Total Score = 62,727
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
I used up all my energy resources the previous weekend in the CQ WPX RTTY, so I
was running on fumes here. I wanted to give some support to the YCCC and get in
some CW practice before FT8 withers my little gray cells. Also, I think it's
cool to work CW by just hitting F-keys. I know some think that's not real CW.
OK, call it something else. Whatever. I cut my teeth on straight keys and
paper logs. This is better.
There was lots of activity, but conditions weren't good, or so it seemed to me.
At 22:30 on Saturday, Kp = 4. On Sunday morning at 13:15 Kp was still hanging in
there at 4. These was lots of deep QSB, too. Plus, 20m and 40m were very noisy
at my QTH.
Some amusing moments:
One USA station was sending "599 {state} TX" as its exchange. I think
the TX was for thanks, but it was a poor choice. The only thing better would
have been "599 {state} TX DE {CALL}"
One Italian station was sending 599 KW. Bless you, son. Honesty is the best
policy, or so they say.
73,
Ken, AB1J
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