[3830] ARRLDX CW ZM2B(ZL2BR) SOAB HP

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ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: ZM2B
Operator(s): ZL2BR
Station: ZM2B

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:   19    15
   40:  392    52
   20:   71    25
   15:  400    51
   10:           
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Total:  882   143  Total Score = 378,378

Club: 

Comments:

Despite the poor SFI, it was nice to enjoy a good rate for first hour on 15m,
then as prop changed it really slowed down on 15m then 20m for a few hours
until 40m opened to NA. Had some excellent rates on 40m until 1400utc when my
body said I needed some sleep. My assistant operator Henry, wasn't a starter to
take over, but hey he's only a cat.

An hour or so after sunrise 15m was very productive, until I had to take a few
hours off to attend a Scouting event. Sunday evening on 40m was nothing like
Saturday evening and when I ran out of new stations to work, I went to bed.

Again on Monday morning 15m was very productive plus I manage to work few new
mid-west and east coast mults on 20m long path.

Again as the norm these days, main-made noise (or prehaps this should now be
called person-made noise) was a big big problem here in civilized suburbia with
S9+10 on 80m and S7 on 40m on my IC-7600 (pre-amps off). It's hard to believe
that a few years ago it was possible to make up 200 contacts on 80m in this
contest

Set-up:
IC-7600, C-3SS yagi, 15m GP @ 6m, 80m inv vee dipole @ 14m.

73, Frank


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