[3830] ARRLDX CW N5XE SOAB LP

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ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: N5XE
Operator(s): N5XE
Station: N5XE

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    4      
   80:   13      
   40:   61      
   20:  163      
   15:  228      
   10:   52      
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Total:  521   218  Total Score = 340,080

Club: 

Comments:

Friday night started slow for me.  For whatever reason, I just couldn't get into
the swing of things.  After 3 hours or so, I pulled the plug and went to bed.

Saturday morning was much better, with 15 meters open world-wide.  I started
with EU, then followed propagation to SA, then to the Pacific.  I was able to
take several breaks during the day - even playing with the grandkids for a
couple of hours during the afternoon.   Saturday night found me on 40-M working
into EU and the Caribbean.  I turned in again around 2130 local time, so that I
could get an early start on Sunday morning.

At 0400 local time, I managed to get myself out of the bed and into the shack. 
I started on 40-M and was able to work JA, VK, ZL, KH6 and KH2.  I checked 80
and picked up several stations in the Caribbean...then a quick check of 160
also netted several Caribbean stations.

Sunday afternoon EU was booming in on 20.  It seemed like everyone and their
dog was on 20 - what a madhouse!  Finally I decided to move to 10 to get out of
the fray.

This was my best effort so far in this contest.  My pet peeve - stations not
identifying after every two or three Q's.  It is very frustrating to wait...and
wait...and wait for a station to identify.  Maybe this is not a big deal for
those stations using the spotter network, but for those of us working
"unassisted", it becomes very time consuming, and costs a lot of
wasted time. Maybe it is time to put a Station Identification limit in the
rules!

RIG:  Yaesu FT-2000
PWR:  50 watts
ANT:  Cushcraft A3S
      80/40 horizontal loop
      160 Inverted-L


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