[3830] CQWW CW K1DG(@N1LI) SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: K1DG
Operator(s): K1DG
Station: N1LI

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: ME
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  115    16       63
   80:  362    23       80
   40:  721    34      103
   20:  752    30      109
   15:  675    23       84
   10:   46    14       28
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Total: 2671   140      467  Total Score = 4,600,000

Club: 

Comments:

Fun time from the new QTH in Maine. Still working out the bugs - considering
that there were no antennas up or radios on-site until September, just getting
on all bands was a considerable victory. Still learning what works and what
doesn't - this QTH is very different from my home station in NH. 

I've gotten so used to SO2R that using just one radio as I did this weekend
requires a lot of adjustment. Like actually thinking about band changes. You
have to gamble that you're right vs. listening on the second radio and knowing
if the other band is open. I gambled wrong a lot of times. It's also hard to
find multipliers without a second radio. I completely missed whatever opening
happened Saturday on 10 and only made 7 Qs. I think 6 of the 7 calls started
with the same letter (P40T, P40W, P40A, PJ2T, PJ4A, PZ5ZY...gotta get one of
those "P" calls). Caught up a bit on Sunday, with 2 or 3 trips to S&P through
the band. No Europeans (except CU2A).

Spent more time S&P than running to try things out, especially on 80 and 160.
Very pleased with the results. It was a tough start on 40 with the MUF to
Europe lower than 7 MHz, but the afternoons were pretty good. Worked some great
DX on the band in the grey-line times, like XU, JT, BY, and 9M2. Simple 80 and
160 antennas worked fine on transmit, but need receiving antennas for next
year. The stacked 4-element SteppIRs worked fine, but I discovered Sunday that
the lower antenna alone (at 60 feet) was much stronger than the upper (95 feet)
or the stack on 15. Some signals went from solid copy to totally inaudible. I
knew this from modeling the array, but had forgotten to try switching around on
Saturday.

Listened to the U.S. multis report in on 3830. What an amazing finish! And I
can't wait to see how close the DX multis were. HC8N, TZ5A, and 5A7A were
beacons on all bands. Congrats to all the ops at LR, XX, and LPL. And of course
K5ZD's score is simply amazing.

Thanks to everyone for all the Qs. Let's all do it again. Same time next year.

73,  Doug K1DG


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