[3830] WAE CW KE3X(@N4RV) Single Op LP

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WAE DX Contest, CW

Call: KE3X
Operator(s): KE3X
Station: N4RV

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Oakton, VA
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  QTCs  Mults
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   80:   62    37   108
   40:  298   268   129
   20:  555   602    98
   15:  161   218    80
   10:   62    13    52
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Total: 1138  1138   467  Total Score = 1,062,892

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Many thanks to Jack and Gwyn for hosting and feeding me again this year!   Due
to the 12-hour mandatory off time rule, I was even able to watch some Little
League World Series qualifying while waiting for the bands to open.

At WRTC2014 I had missed the 10-Meter opening on Sunday morning and resolved to
learn from that mistake, so it was especially gratifying to catch the 10-meter
opening on Sunday morning this weekend.   Conditions were good enough to even
send some QTC's up there on 10.   Unfortunately, I had pulled the plug at 11PM
Saturday night in frustration after the 20-dB-over-9'static crashes on 80, so
from reading some other 3830 comments it appears I missed a good 20-meter
opening after Midnight.  Oh well, contrary to Pokémon GO!, it's hard to CATCH
THEM ALL.

Speaking of which, during the contest I received a text message on my LINE app
from my son Patrick K3PAL who just arrived in Tokyo for a 1-year exchange
program (LINE is to the Japanese like WhatsApp is to American kids).   He was
visiting a Shinto shrine in Ueno Park, and a huge crowd had gathered for some
reason.  Soon he heard "KABUTO!!".   Sure enough, he checked his
smartphone and there they were - 2 PokeStops, 2 Slowpokes, 1 Magikarp, 1
Omanyte and a Kabuto.

So while I hunted European country multipliers, Patrick hunted Pokémon in the
Land of the Rising Sun - a great weekend all around.

73!

Ken


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