[3830] ARRLDX SSB KH6J(@KH6YY) M/S HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: KH6J
Operator(s): WH6R WH7W W0CN N2NL
Station: KH6YY

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Pupukea, Oahu
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   51    21
   80:  324    52
   40: 1893    60
   20: 1838    60
   15:  722    47
   10:    1     1
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Total: 4829   241  Total Score = 3,489,198

Club: 

Comments:

We assumed conditions would be better this weekend.  If it was - then activity
definitely was not.  Low band conditions seemed decent, but the activity level
seemed very low.  I speculate that most participants got a lot of rest each
night.  48 of our 51 QSOs on 160m came during one 15 minute spurt early Friday
and that was it.

The high bands were a challenge as well.  We spent about 90 minutes each morning
waiting to QSY to 15m while listening to the Big Island KH6's run stations we
could not hear.  The 10m opening appeared to be E's as the Big Island guys were
mostly not readable aside from some fluttery echos you sometimes hear when
you're just outside the range of the Es cloud - working stations who were mostly
inaudible aside from a couple loud W6s.  I would never have guessed that 200
miles would make that much of a difference.  We held our own fine on the low
bands, but there was no rate aside from 40m.

Due to work, I delegated myself to a "use only if needed" status and
thus Dan, Mark, and Eran did an excellent job with the lion's share of
operating.  Despite conditions, everyone had an outstanding time and no one
feels like they left any potential QSOs unworked.  KH6LC remarked about working
VY0ERC - WH7W just happened to tune across that QSO in progress, jumped up a
couple KC, called CQ, and worked them right after Lloyd.  Moments like that
makes this game so much fun year after year.

We are all again so very thankful to Alex, who allowed us to pilot his station
while he was off-island.

For the team,
73, Dave N2NL/KH6


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