[3830] ARRLDX CW N7ZG SOAB LP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: N7ZG
Operator(s): N7ZG
Station: N7ZG

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: WWA
Operating Time (hrs): 40
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    6     4
   80:   15    12
   40:   83    25
   20:  289    59
   15:   36    18
   10:           
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Total:  429   118  Total Score = 151,866

Club: Western Washington DX Club

Comments:

The low bands were not nearly as productive as I had hoped (as compared to years
past).  40 was good in the late afternoon, but would be like a wet noodle after
dark.   80 was the pits (could be my antenna).   Good copy on lots of stations
that would just ignore me.   The A index was a little high at the start of the
contest so I thought the second day would be better.  Instead, I felt it was
clearly worse.   I'm not sure why.   15 meters barely opened at all on Sunday. 
 No 15 JA runs on either of the days.   I can now say that I've experienced a
solar minimum as a contester.   OK, the character building excercise is now
beyond old.   The bright spot was in working VP6DX in the contest on 4 bands
160, 80, 40 and 15.

The mult count is low due to very poor low band performance.

A bad day of contesting is better than a good day at work.

No significant station changes thus far.


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