[3830] ARRLDX CW K2UA SOAB HP

[k2ua@earthlink.net]

                     ARRL DX Contest, CW
                    
Call: K2UA
Operator(s): 
Station: 

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: WNY
Operating Time (hrs): 43.5
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Mults
----------------------
  160:     42     28
   80:    165     48
   40:    687     72
   20:    852     77
   15:    886     89
   10:   1336     92
----------------------
Total:   3968    406  =  4,831,806

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Conditions were absolutely great--though perhaps not quite as good as last 
year. There were certainly fewer mults on the air (I'm glad to see K3WW report 
the same thing). Unfortunately I was violently ill for about 3 hours starting 
at 3 AM local time Sunday, but I was able to recover enough to spend the rest 
of the contest in the chair--albeit not in top shape.

The disproportionality in my 20- and 10-meter numbers is mainly because of 
three things: (1) I missed more than an hour of the really prime EU sunrise 
Saturday morning (that was just stupid--I took my one-sleep-unit break at the 
wrong time!); (2) I had a really enjoyable time working JAs on 10 on Saturday 
afternoon and early evening (which hurt my 40-meter total and mults--but it was 
still the right place to be at the time, on balance); and (3) the aforementioed 
illness.

If I could wind the clock back to 0530Z on Saturday, I would make some changes 
to my operating plan that I estimate would have added about 500k to my score, 
which would bring it in just a shade over last year's. If I could wind it back 
three weeks, I would have quit my job so I could have slept 8 hours each night 
before the contest and been in 100% better mental condition for the event!

ARRL CW is one of my very favorite contests. It's very different from CQWW CW, 
which is one of the reasons why I love to operate both of them; they have 
entirely separate character, strengths and weaknesses. (And, thankfully this 
year, conditions!) And . . . I don't care where the results are published; the 
contest won't die if it's not printed on paper somewhere.

Finally, I look forward to meeting many of the OHs and other Northern EU 
stations I worked in Helsinki this July--I am really getting psyched for the 
trip! Hope to see many of you there.--73, Rus, K2UA


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/3830
Submissions:              3830@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  3830-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-3830@contesting.com