[3830] CQWW CW AB1J SOSB(A)/15 LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J

Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP
QTH: Waltham, EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:   54               
   20:    1               
   15:                    
   10:  434    26      100
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Total:  434    26      100  Total Score = 155,862

Club: 

Comments:

Conditions seemed average for this point in the sunspot cycle. 
I wonder if the fall of 2011 will end up being the gold standard 
for Cycle 24. 

I'm pretty comfortable now with operating Assisted, but I 
still have this nagging feeling it's not the manly way to go.

I worked an even 100 countries on 15m before log checking. I 
thought this was neat for 20 hours on one band with low power 
and an attic dipole. 

I spent some time on 40m to test out the micro-tuner (MTU-80/40) 
I bought a few weeks ago for the FT-2K. It is useful in an 
enviromnent with a mixture of very strong and very weak stations 
which is a good description of 40m in contests. I need to use 
it more to determine if it's really useful to me. To anyone who 
is thinking about getting one, I can say that if you never use 
the Yaesu VRF feature you have no need for one of the 
micro-tuners.

I followed TF3CW's recommendation to get compression socks and 
had no problem with swelling. It's not a big problem for me, 
but it first showed up in the 2011 WPX-CW. For some reason it 
bothered me psychologically more than many of the other signs 
of aging. Because I did 15m I could sleep normally and I ate 
as I could, spreading it out. Even managed a pastrami sandwich 
with my customary Saturday night beer and never missed a beat.

Thanks for all the QSOs.

See some of you in the Ten-Meter RTTY next weekend.

73,
Kermit, AB1J


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