[3830] CQWW CW W1KM SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: W1KM
Operator(s): W1KM
Station: W1KM

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  140    14       52
   80:  684    21       76
   40:  550    31      103
   20: 1281    29      100
   15:  342    22       79
   10:   35    12       21
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Total: 3032   129      431  Total Score = 4,875,360

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Congrats to K5ZD on a terrific SO score--it's generous of Randy to share his
experience by making the audio available.  
Had a little scare on Saturday morning--after 1 qso  the 15 m antenna started
tripping the amplifier. 20 meters was red hot so figured I'd wait a couple of
hours. Several hours later  20 was still red hot--but I decided I'd better try
and fix 15--trying not to think of what I'd do if I couldn't fix the only 15 m
antenna in the air. After isolating the problem to somewhere  "outside the
shack" I made an executive decision to climb the tower and bypass the
stackmatch. Fortunately that fixed the problem.  Total time off: 35 minutes.
(Not bad--had it been on Sunday morning it probably would have taken 3 hours.) 
That's the first time a stackmatch has failed in that way and I'm curious to see
what shows up when I take it down.  The "spare" 15 m antenna is temporarily on
the ground--not a good place for aluminum!

 
73
Greg W1KM


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