[3830] ARRLDX CW XE1/N6AN SOAB LP

[davidchodge@hotmail.com]

                     ARRL DX Contest, CW
                    
Call: XE1/N6AN
Operator(s): N6AN
Station: 

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: MEXICO
Operating Time (hrs): 38
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Mults
----------------------
  160:      0      0
   80:    398     53
   40:    469     52
   20:    390     57
   15:    678     57
   10:    786     57
----------------------
Total:   2721    276  =  2,208,276

Club: SCCC

Comments:

My kingdom for a 160 meter antenna!  It really hurts to forfeit those hundred 
or more QSOs and 25 to 45 mults.  And while I'm griping, when condx are so hot 
between NA and EU all I can do is wait till Europe fades down before getting 
anything going.  Many EU stations sounded like locals! 
I finished the contest on such a high!  After being so bored in the morning 
with rates of 30/hr while having time to do the sunday crossword puzzle, things 
really picked up after noon.  I reset my goals for 2500Qs/2 million points/100+ 
hour,
and made them all!  
I just couldn't stay awake after resting only 90 minutes on Saturday morning 
and 
took off from 0530 until 1230Z Sunday morning.  My score didn't like but my 
body sure did!
I had lots of interesting moments like finding I was CQing where both TF and HS 
decided to appear.  No problem.  Tuning across OD5, A4, P4, JY all CQing with 
little success on 10 made me wish I weren't DX myself.  :)
My feeling is that there was much less participation from the USA than in past 
years.  I can't imagine how some have managed over 5k QSOs in the past.
Thanks for all the QSOs.  Apologies to those I couldn't move for.  It usually 
has to do with losing a precious run frequency.
I wonder how many different XE stations were worked during the weekend?
Despite being in the middle of a move back to the US I couldn't resist 
unpacking the station, throwing up my dipoles and A3S and putting my other 
duties on hold.
The usual fare: TS-440S/AT, TR log, A3S on 10' mast on 5 story roof, drooping 
dipoles from 20' over roof.  Just didn't have enough time or fiddling energy to 
try fitting a 160 wire or even get the borrowed 80 mtr traps
installed.  When my top floor neighbor saw the tribander going up again she 
tried to pull the plug on my weekend, but after some negociating and document 
waving she agreed to just turn off her TVs for the weekend.  Whew!

73,  David, XE1/N6AN


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