[3830] ARRLDX SSB W4KAZ SOAB LP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: W4KAZ
Operator(s): W4KAZ
Station: W4KAZ

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 9 hrs

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    0     0
   80:    6     5
   40:   29    24
   20:   92    46
   15:  163    67
   10:   19    12
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Total:  309   154  Total Score = 142,758

Club: 

Comments:

This contest was lots of fun.  Thanks to all the DX with good and patient
ears.

Its tough for me to compete with "real" contest stations, I have only 100 watts
and wire antennas.  I had a new 10 meter wire moxon up at decent height, fixed
towards Europe--and not a peep!  I made most of the 19 10-meter contacts off the
back of the antenna towards the Carribean and Central America. Such is
propagation.

15 meters was fun because of a last minute antenna project.  On Friday morning I
decided to put up a rectangular loop (8'x16'4"-->244cm by 732cm for y'all DX). 
This antenna played very well into Central Europe, and has a nice 50 ohm
feedpoint.  It requires only one tall support, so its even easier to hoist than
a wire dipole.  The top is made of an 8 foot length of angle aluminum, sides and
bottom any available wire.  This antenna was much better than using my 40-meter
dipole on 15.   I am very happy with this loop, but I sure wish I had a stack of
yagi's!

It was impossible for me to call CQ successfully--all QSO's but one were S&P.

Still, I had loads of squeaky SSB fun.  

73 all
W4KAZ


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