[3830] RTTY WPX K4GMH SOAB HP

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                    CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: K4GMH
Operator(s): K4GMH
Station: K4GMH

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts
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   80:  151   526
   40:  372  1664
   20:  275   500
   15:  375   935
   10:  350   906
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Total: 1503  4531  Prefixes = 502  Total Score = 2,274,562

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Station Description: IC-746, 4C1600B (homemade) amp. 1200 W
Antenna(s): TH7DX @ 125 ft, TH6DXX @ 65 ft (fixed on Europe);
		S402 @ 135 ft; 80 mtr array - 3 vertical dipoles;
		Northeast and West Beverage antennas 
Remarks: Thanks to the sponsors of the Contest and all the folks who work to
make it happen and then have to do all the scoring of the logs.
Thanks to all who were kind enough to give me a call or answer mine.  Also,
thanks to Don, AA5AU, who pointed out I was inverted on transmit early in the
contest.  Took me over 10 minutes to get all things working correct.  Had to
close Writelog and RITTY.  Open WL-RITTY and check.  Then reopen Writelog.  That
sounds simple, but that was what I had to do after trying to get things back to
normal without closing Writelog and opening WL-RITTY.  
The upper HF bands were okay throughout the contest - even 10 meters was open –
considering the sunspot numbers are starting a fast downward trend.  However,
10, 15 and 20 meters were not open as long as last year.  
Last year started out on 10 meters at 0700z and then went to 15 meters followed
by 40 and 80.  This year, several days prior to this year’s contest, the upper
HF bands had been closing early.  Didn’t consider starting on the upper HF bands
at the start this year.
Activity on 40 and 80 meters eemed to be higher compared to last year. On 40
meters between 0500z and 0800z on 8 Feb., the band seemed to be open world wide
with a lot of stations.  Great fun! 
This year’s raw score is better than last year’s score.  Surprised, considering
10 and 15 meters closing earlier than last year.  Now if Cabrillo will be kind.


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