[3830] ARRLDX SSB N6WG SOAB QRP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: N6WG
Operator(s): N6WG
Station: N6WG

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Newark CA
Operating Time (hrs): 23

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:           
   40:    8     4
   20:    7     5
   15:   33    15
   10:  116    39
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Total:  164    63  Total Score = 30,996

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

I enjoyed this contest, although I almost didn't enter it.  Friday at the start
I had a horredous noise level on all bands and could hardly hear anything. 
Only worked 9 stations in two hours, so I went in the house to watch TV with
the XYL. 

Fortunately, Saturday morning it had cleared up so I got started.  Overall I
had six hours with over 10 S&P QSOs, with a high of 23 in the 00 UTC hour on
the 4th.

I had a failure in the autotuner of my K3, so only a few Qs on the lower bands.
 I mostly stuck to 10m, as I could put the ATU in Bypass and use the flat match
of my 5 element yagi to advantage.  It is also my most effective antenna, so it
made sense to work 10m for all it was worth.

I was pleased to work Indonesia on 10m for a new country.  This is one of my
motivations for entering any DX contest.  Doesn't often pay off, but great fun
when it does.

I was impressed with the signal that PJ2T put into the San Francisco Bay area. 
I could have rectified it and run a one-transistor regen receiver with it, I
suspect.

All-in-all, a fun QRP weekend.  Just enough activity to keep it interesting,
but not enough to force the high scorers to look over their shoulders :-)

It looks like my summer project will be tracking down my noise sources that
keep me off the air at times.  Very tiresome.

Thanks to all those who hung in there with me to complete our Qs.  Hope to see
you in the next contest.

73, Bob N6WG
The Little Station with Attitude


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