[3830] ARRLDX CW NN7SS(K6UFO) SOAB QRP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    6     3
   80:   24     5
   40:   42    17
   20:  271    69
   15:  136    32
   10:   26     9
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Total:  505   135  Total Score = 204,525

Club: Western Washington DX Club

Comments:

Another fun QRP outing!

I started with 15m and 20m for South America and JAs 
before sunset. 15m good for one hour, 20m good for two.  
With an A index of 18, no need to try for EU on low 
bands while QRP, so I went to sleep.

Got up at 11z (very dark) for some JAs and Pacific on 
low bands. Not bad for QRP and disturbed conditions.

An hour before sunrise I could work Caribbeans, but it 
took a half hour past sunrise to finally work an EU on 
20m. They seemed stronger about two hours later, just 
before fading away.  Midday had the usual Carib and 
South Americans on 20m, 15m and even up to 10 meters!
 
Late afternoon provided "endless JAs" on 15m and 20m.
At sunset, I called it a day, to catch up on some work, 
and I was already past my goal.

I slept through the second night, maybe missed some DX. 
Sunday morning EU signals were weaker, so it was hard to 
find anyone new and workable. But they seemed to last a 
lot longer, until 19Z. A quick lunch break, and then it 
was time to tune for new calls until I hit 500 QSOs. I 
worked a few spares, then called it quits a couple hours 
early.

Still too many people not identifying often enough. And 
a lonely CQer would suddenly be buried by an unruly and 
misbehaving mob - must have been spotted...

NN7SS Burt WA (K6UFO op)

20m-10m: C-31XR at 71ft. 
40m: Force 12 Delta 240 at 78ft  
80m: Half-sloper from 60ft
160m: Inverted L over metal garage roof
Two Yaesu FT-1000MPs turned down to 5 watts
Writelog software and W5XD SO2R box


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