[3830] ARRLDX CW K0AV(@W0DLE) SOAB HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: K0AV
Operator(s): K0AV
Station: W0DLE

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Park County, CO
Operating Time (hrs): 
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   41    23
   80:  125    53
   40:  664    79
   20:  380    67
   15:  729    87
   10:  226    61
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Total: 2165   370  Total Score = 2,403,150

Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado

Comments:

I appreciated being able to operate from Chuck W0DLE's QTH. This was my first to
do a contest from there.  His station is still developing - and coming along
very nicely.  The most important features have been accomplished: towers, most
of the transmitting antennas, beverages and amps are all performing very well.

There is a "Lazy H" antenna on one of the towers. It has auto-tuner, so works
on 10-15-20 with lobes out in many directions. I'd say it has gain in all the
right places. Got through pile ups with relative ease. Worked extremely well
for S&P on the second radio.  

I used my own K3+P3 as radio #1. The second radio was one of Chuck's TS-590's
which I had never used. The 590 sounds fine but it is menu-driven - and it
seemed like everything I wanted to do required stopping find out what button to
push. Contest-induced sleep deficits only make matters worse. 

Spent too much time on the wrong bands.  But, that's because I was having too
much fun on 160-80-40.

Thank you Chuck -- a very good time!

73, Alan 
K0AV


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