[3830] ARRLDX SSB K8DX SOAB HP

[k8dx at raex.com]

                     ARRL DX Contest, SSB
                    
Call: K8DX
Operator(s): 
Station: 

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 46
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Mults
----------------------
  160:     17     15
   80:     63     43
   40:    169     66
   20:    685    103
   15:   1170    120
   10:   1105    103
----------------------
Total:   3209    450  =  4,332,150

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

After getting an hour and a half nap before the contest started, I was in much 
better shape to start this one than either of the CQWW’s last year.   Although 
I was feeling good, my station has been in need of repair since we had 90Mph+ 
winds (again) about Two months ago.   I operated with a lot less flexibility 
than since Some of the antennas were fixed in certain directions, (not EU) and
Some of the ones that do rotate, were not reading correctly. 

 Almost had a disastrous start, when trying to figure out whether to begin on 
ten or fifteen meters, K8AZ stopped by to ask where I planned to start.  All of 
the sudden the radio started going crazy,  and I with only two minutes until 
the gun going off!  I started to panic, and with about 30 seconds left, I found 
that I had accidentally pulled out the plug for audio on the second radio, 
and it was just tripping the VOX.

I figured that if I was going to go after NA8V’s 1990 W8 record, this would 
have to be the year to do it, and I had my eye set on breaking 3M.  

I debated whether or not to sleep on Saturday morning for a bit, but felt good 
enough to keep going.  Early Sunday morning things really slowed down (although 
I could hear K1TO running EU’s on 20M that I couldn’t hear a whisper) I thought 
I would be able to get a LONG nap in, but kept taking "one more scan" through 
the bands and picking up more mults.  I finally gave in and slept for 1.5 hours 
so I could be fresh of the EU run of the morning.  This is the first time I’d 
set up a place to sleep in the shack.  It was just comfortable to rest, but not 
enough that you wanted to stay there :-)

After my first year of this SOAB stuff, I might be starting to get the hang of 
it.  I need to make some changes in the shack as far as equipment ergonomics, 
and really thinking of changing my SO2R Audio switching to listen to only one 
radio at a time instead of one in each ear. 

Looking forward to the next one!

Scott K8DX



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