[3830] RAC Winter K0HW SO SSB HP

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                    RAC Winter Contest

Call: K0HW
Operator(s): K0HW
Station: K0HW

Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: South Dakota
Operating Time (hrs): 11:03

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  CW Mults  Ph Mults
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  160:           9                 2
   80:          93                 9
   40:          15                 3
   20:         249                10
   15:          13                 4
   10:                              
    6:                              
    2:                              
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Total:   0     379       0        28  Total Score = 80,920

Club: 

Comments:

Another "SUPERB" RAC Contest. 

I had planned to work this contest in both modes but after I found the
conditions with lots of QRN on 75/80 and 160 Meters I decided to stick 
with SSB only.  I really didn't have much luck on Friday evening/night 
as there was a lot of QRN static crashes with the major weather system 
moving through.  

I had forgotten to look on 40 down in the area below 7.1 MHz so I 
missed a few VE stations there.  I finally caught up with it on 
Saturday and made a few contacts split but not many and there were 
many stations there but they were not listening up.  I think since
out of Canada stations are not worth much for points they just didn't
set up to listen up.  I even worked a few split on 20 meters as there 
were quite a few stations working below the USA phone band and again 
not many listening up.

I had most of my luck on 20 meters and it didn't seem to matter which 
way the beam was pointed NW or NE they called from all directions and 
I called CQ more than I usually do in a contest.  

Saturday was really good compared to Friday night but 160 just didn't open up
for me toward the end of the contest.

I like this contest when it is between the Christmas and New Year holidays.  
It makes a good reason to say "Happy New Year" on every contact.

ICOM 756PROII, Ameritron AL-1200, HyGain TH11DX, Dipoles on 40 & 80, Double
Bazooka on 160, and trusty Writelog doing the logging


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