[3830] RTTY WPX KL8DX SOSB/20 HP

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                    CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: KL8DX
Operator(s): KL8DX
Station: KL8DX

Class: SOSB/20 HP
QTH: Alaska
Operating Time (hrs): 22.75

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts
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   80:           
   40:           
   20:  590  1385
   15:           
   10:           
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Total:  590  1385  Prefixes = 314  Total Score = 434,890

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

I need some Motrin® after that one! Bands were horrible to say the
least. Lots of deep QSB and it sure took everything I had to stay
in the chair for the hours that I did operate. Total time on was
just under 23 hours according to N1MM Logger. My max rates were
anything but pleasing;

2009-02-14 0003Z - 2.0 per minute  (1 minute(s)), 120 per hour 
2009-02-14 0023Z - 1.7 per minute  (10 minute(s)), 102 per hour 
2009-02-14 0102Z - 1.2 per minute  (60 minute(s)), 71 per hour 


Had an opportunity to work over the pole into EU on both mornings
but lots of auroral flutter making the path extremely hard to work.

A big thanks to those that noticed the band conditions and did 
not just send their callsign or reports only once. Repeats were a
big part of this weekend. Many would call, they would start out
easily copyable and then fade to nothing. These conditions test any
operators skill and patience. Even though I could use the cluster,
I chose not to. 

Saw it all this weekend, the usual stuff we complain and read about
but all in all, it was fun. Most interesting EU QSO was with G2YL.
The callsign made me stop S&P'ing and look it up on QRZ.com. Pretty
neat information and photo posted by the current holder of that 
callsign. I was also glad to get Andrei, H7/NP3D right toward the end
on Sunday.  

I know I busted a "2" callsign after importing my contest log into my
logging program. Hopefully I did not bust too many more. Lots of 
activity from Asia (seemed more than normal). Standing room only on
20 when it was open, saw RTTY signals from 056 up to 145! Thank
goodness for FSK and RTTY filters! It was fun also seeing my close
friend and neighbor on, KL1SF! Just like the old days. 

Log will be uploaded to LOTW soon. Thanks again for the contacts and
for the patience of those I worked. 

73,
Phil KL8DX
Denali National Park, AK


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