K9MA ARRL DX CW Score

[Scott Ellington]

Single operator, unassisted, 1.5 KW:

Band    QSO       Mults

160      31        27
 80     140        54
 40     107        47
 20     714        78
 15      67        33
 10     zip      nada

Tot    1059       239      Score:759,303


Equipment:  FT-1000D, AL-82, SB-220

Antennas:  TH-7 at 21 M, 40 M rotatable dipole at 23 M, tower shunt fed 
           on 80 and 160.  Phased RX loops for 80 and 160. 
           Small city lot.

Comments:  No anomalous solar flux this time, and things looked
           pretty bleak from the Black Hole until 20 opened up
           Sunday.  By the end of the contest, things were improving
           fast.  In any case, conditions were a lot better in WI than
           in ND.

           New automatic antenna switching system helped alot, though
           I'm convinced now that simultaneous receive on second radio
           in necessary.  Next year.  

           Running on a very crowded 20M would often have been
impossible
           without 250 Hz filters.  Spent a productive hour or so right
           next to HG1S.

           Highlight:  Snagging XX9TR in the clear in the final minutes.

           Lowlight:  Losing a hard-to-defend run frequency when
computer crashed.  
-- 
73,

Scott  K9MA
sdelling at facstaff.wisc.edu

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