[3830] RTTY Roundup K7RE Single Op LP

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                    ARRL RTTY Roundup

Call: K7RE
Operator(s): K7RE
Station: K7RE

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SD
Operating Time (hrs): 23.75

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:  167
   40:  273
   20:  375
   15:  184
   10:    0
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Total:  999  State/Prov = 52  Countries = 34  Total Score = 85,914

Club: 

Comments:

Yea, I know 999!   I worked 23 hours 45 minutes.  I really gave it my all and
tried my 

level best in this one, and shot past my last year's scores and goals for this
year, so I 

am a happy camper.  Having 2 rotatable beams aimed in different directions sure
helps 

when one is in the middle of the country.  I also pressed into action my wire
vee beams 

and verticals. Instant switching on those antennas as well  really helped me
bring the 

best possible signals to each location in each QSO.   Conditions were quite good
for this 

point in the solar cycle.  15 was open somewhat both days, which really helped,
but no EU 

stations were heard on 15.  I was able to work only enough EU stations on 20  to
get some 

of the common mults on 20M Sunday morning.  Highlight was being called by HI, AK
and 2 

South African stations.  Thanks folks.  I missed DC, DE, WY MT and ND, and the
rarer 

Provinces in Canada.  I stayed on the lower bands longer than usual in hopes of
snagging 

the close in states that I needed, and VE4, but never got them all.  I am
seriously 

thinking of doing an all out effort from ND as a portable station for several
contests 

next season, especially CW SS and  ARRL RTTY RU.  The very changeable and
possibly WX is 

the main drawback up in western ND.  Tough to face below zero temps in a camper
while 

having to erect antennas, even if simple dipoles and wire antennas! Then again,
this is 

all supposed to be a challenge, right?


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