[3830] ARRLDX SSB KD9MS SOAB LP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: KD9MS
Operator(s): KD9MS
Station: KD9MS

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: EM87mg
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    7     7
   80:   38    28
   40:   84    49
   20:  134    66
   15:  196    69
   10:  140    45
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Total:  599   264  Total Score = 472,824

Club: Society of Midwest Contesters

Comments:

Bands were great! 10 meters was finally open! Almost blew me away Sunday
afternoon when I heard some Europeans there! That's the way 10 meters is
supposed to sound! I left VP2E in my log window for a 20m multiplier and my
600th contact right at the end. I am glad that I finally got the other tower up
with an Explorer 14 on it for 10 15 and 20 on my second radio. It really helped
a lot. N1MM worked good, but I should have started on the SO2R setup stuff
before the last week. I really need to put my K9AY loop up for the low band
stuff and get it working right. 
A storm blew through Saturday night and that really messed me up because for 2
hours I couldn't hear a thing! And with my SO2R headphones on, i didn't even
know it was storming until the house shook. Then the real static started. So I
had to shut everything down and watch TV weather for a bit and then two
episodes of Numbers. When I got back on everything was more quiet, but all the
good stuff everybody else was answering on 160 that I couldn't hear because of
the storm was gone. 
I need to put my second beam up higher, 30 ft isn't good enough, but that radio
made a lot of contacts for me so I shouldn't complain. 
My score this year is 60,000 points higher so I am happy, and this year I made
3 contacts actually CQ'ing! 150 watts on one radio and 100 on the other isn't
enough to do much calling in this contest, but that's the category I live in.
It's too easy running power and it's not as much fun.

73 and keep those sunspots coming!

Craig KD9MS


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