KD6DAE SO/LP/AB ARRL DX SSB

[Bill Fisher, KM9P]

ARRL DX CONTEST (SSB) 1996

Call used:  KD6DAE
Mode:         SSB
State:      CA
Op time:    approx 16 hours

Single Op, Low Power (<150W), Unassisted


 Band     Q's     Mults
 ----     ---     -----
  160       1       1
   80       4       3
   40      36      19
   20      48      23
   15      49      27
   10      42      15
          ---     -----
          180 x3 x 88   =  47520 pts  Claimed Score


Highlights:
 - Band opening on 10M late Sunday morning PST...Mostly to the south...Heard 
JA and ZL, no Q's.
 - Best performance so far for me for ARRL DX.  Not bad considering that 
conditions were worse than previous years.


Lowlights:
 - Nearby operator overloading my radio's front end.  Not sure where it was 
comming from.
 - My same old complaint still stands about my antenna system...
 - Spending 5 minutes trying to correct my call to a JA station on 10M and 
losing him.


Had fun, none the less!  I decided to use paper logs this time with a 
logging program for backup (dupe and jot down report on paper, then to PC to 
assist with scoring).  Interesting experience.  Hope to C'ya all during CQ 
WPX SSB!!!

Equipment Summary:

  Kenwood TS-450S/AT Barefoot
  R5 Vertical, base @ 15 feet
  40M Dipole @ 20 feet (also used on 80M and 160M)
  Heil ProSet w/HC-4
  Timewave DSP-9
  MFJ 949E Tuner


73!

  - Aaron Hsu, KD6DAE
    athsu at mca.com