[3830] ARRLDX SSB W3EP SO Unlimited HP

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ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: W3EP
Operator(s): W3EP
Station: W3EP

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:           
   40:  104    54
   20:  141    54
   15:  144    57
   10:   73    15
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Total:  462   180  Total Score = 247,860

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Yep, long-duration geomagnetic disturbance, along with low solar flux, depressed
HF propagation considerably,* and like others, also had high local noise levels
most of the contest. That's it for excuses. Still had fun hunting down each and
every contact, mainly because I got few answers to CQs on any band! 

*The exception was 10 meters, which opened on N-S paths Saturday and especially
Sunday afternoons.

Propagation was reflected in the top five prefixes worked: PY, EA, LU, F, and
CE, which contributed 38% of my QSOs on all bands--quite a skewed
distribution.

Station: K3 + ACOM 1000

  40M: Dipole  (Thanks to Dave, who put up the dipole on Thursday)
  20M: Dipole
  15M: 4-ele Yagi
  10M: 5-ele Yagi  (Dave also freed a stuck rotator on the 10-meter tower)

There is always a next time!

Emil.


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