[3830] CQWW SSB N4KG SOAB(A) HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 32

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    3     2        3
   80:   64    16       46
   40:  113    22       65
   20:  291    35      119
   15:  288    36      125
   10:  193    28      113
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Total:  952   139      471  Total Score = 1,603,080

Club: 

Comments:

I started 4 hours late after a long day in town but still ended up putting in 32
hours of operating time, almost exclusively from point-and-click operation in
the Available Multiplier and Band Map sheets.

My 6 Band Amp died so I substituted an old SB-220 which has some sort of input
impedance mismatch problem on 10M causing the exciter to go into SWR cutback
resulting in a maximum of 450 Watts and requiring retuning whenever changing
frequency more than 100 KHz on 10M.  Weird.  And then I had to operate barefoot
on 160M.  

The high bands were incredible.  15 was so hot on Saturday that I didn't get to
10M until very late.  On Sunday I went to 10M early and was rewarded with 2 QSOs
in Zone 16 (RU1A and US5D).

The Low Bands were 'Difficult' at best, especially using only simple wire
antennas.  It was clear that the Europeans were having a hard time hearing NA
through all the broadband noise/splatter from EU.  Absorption on 80M made
propagation difficult until after 0400Z.

Icom 746 to SB220
160M Inv. L
80M  Elevated GP + wire vertical in woods
40M  80M Sloping Dipole w/ladderline to E, Corner Fed Delta Loop to W.
20/15/10 TH7 at 40 ft plus 20M Inv.Vee to SE/NW

Tom N4KG in North Alabama


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