[3830] ARRLDX SSB SN2M(SP2XF) SOSB/80 HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: SN2M
Operator(s): SP2XF
Station: SN2M

Class: SOSB/80 HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:  514    44
   40:           
   20:           
   15:           
   10:           
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Total:  514    44  Total Score = 67,848

Club: 

Comments:

Thank's to W/VE guys for all the QSO's! 
Still my favourite contest (after CQWW), despite the nonsense in the rules, 
which says use of cluster is "prohibited" in single band entries.

Much better propagation than in CW part, especially the 2nd night. Rates were
getting better every hour and finally reached 55-60qso/h, so very close to the
numbers at the beggining of the contest! Short window to the West Coast before
my SR on Sunday morning. During 15-20 mins been called by: VE6FI (AB), K7RL
(WA), K2PO (OR), KK6ZM (CA) - all new mults. Definetely, that was the best part
of the game. Worth to mention - I would not work any of this station without a
separate Beverage for 330deg. Such a direct path doesn't appear to often on 80m.
 

Nice race with HB9CXZ on livescore board, it was interesting to see how fast and
how unexpectedly the situation can change. Finally, just 1 mult made the
difference...


SETUP: 2 x IC 775 in diversity receiving mode
TX: Full size GP with abt 100 radials, vertical square loop 4x20m
RX: Beverages 270/300/315/330 deg (300 deg antenna is 2x 320m end fire array) 

I sometimes had a feeling that the activity from US was not too good on 80m, is
it only me? 

73's and CU next year!
Mac SP2XF / SN2M


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