[3830] ARRLDX CW WQ5L SOAB HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: WQ5L
Operator(s): WQ5L
Station: WQ5L

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MS
Operating Time (hrs): 23

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   30    25
   80:   86    47
   40:  192    59
   20:  234    73
   15:  303    67
   10:  388    67
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Total: 1233   338  Total Score = 1,247,220

Club: 

Comments:

Spent more time in this than I expected. Time flies when you're having fun...

10 and 15 were in rare form for cycle 24. 20 meters at night sounded like
summertime, chock full of warbly over-the-pole signals. The second night it was
still rockin' when I went to sleep at 2am local. 40 was it's reliable self.
Signals weren't great on 80 (as usual when 10/15 are hot) but noise was low.

160 was just flat the first night, but popped open for EU sunrise the second.
Had fun chasing signals on the greyline. I love Top Band in ARRL DX since the
DX are listening toward W/VE and the band isn't obliterated by S9+ stateside
runners like in the 160 tests. I didn't work anything to the west except KL7RA,
though. Never heard Hawaii or anything else in AS/OC, but I probably slept
through any openings in that direction.

6 band sweeps: E7DX,EC2DX,HK1NA,KP2M,PJ2T,TM6M.  73,

-- Ray WQ5L


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