ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2021
Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 12.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 11 10
80: 42 25
40: 110 43
20: 169 57
15: 15 12
10: 3 3
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Total: 350 150 Total Score = 157,500
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
This can be one of the best contests for my little pistol
station and poor CW listening skills. It started well Friday
night on 40 and on Saturday morning from 6-7 am local I hit
a good "C&P" rate of 69 over a 20 minute period on 20. I
felt I might hit a new personal best. Midday Saturday was
also going well, again on 20.
But the rest of the contest... My MA QTH is on the NNE
side of a hill, and HFTA shows that 15 and 10 to SA is bad.
I could hear well, but no one could hear me. Saturday night
was noisy on 160, 80 and 40.
I got up a 5 am local Sunday to listen for my last state for
5BWAS in MA: AK on 80 was spotted, not no joy. Midday Sunday
was lost to looking at a house (see comment below) so I didn't
get back on until late afternoon and by then the noise was up.
My goal of 314K was nowhere to be seen.
Only 6-bander: ZF1A
One new DXCC Country on 160: E77DX, #85 (already
confirmed -- love LoTW!)
Rig: TS-590SG (What a difference from my old TS-2000!)
100% C&P
Log: N3FJP's International DX Contest Log v5.0
Antennas:
HF Roof Tower (all are from 15-20 years old)
10 HB 5el yagi @ 30ft
15 HB Rotatable Dipole @ 33ft
20 HB Moxon @ 36ft
160/80/40 trapped 80/40 + 160 fan dipole with
feed @ ~30ft. The 160 dipole runs "zig-zag"
around the back yard at about 15 ft average
height. (Also has a 30m dipole.)
One last comment: You may wonder why I put up with these old
HB antennas. Two years ago we decided to "rightsize" from
our two QTHs to one in either Essex County MA or mid-coast
(Brunswick) ME. I have stopped investing in these current
antennas while we look for a new QTH.
73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
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