[3830] ARRLDX CW W1DYJ SO Unlimited LP

[webform at b4h.net]

                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2019

Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 13

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:    8     8
   80:   58    41
   40:  187    69
   20:  142    63
   15:   29    20
   10:    0     0
-------------------
Total:  424   201  Total Score = 255,672

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

This was probably the most fun I have had in a CW contest, 
especially given my meager CW skills and compromise LB 
antennas.  I actually felt like I knew what I was doing!

Friday night started out well, but had to stop at 9:30. 
Got up ~5:30 am Saturday to see what was happening: even 
with my 15' high 160 "Z-pole" I picked up a new country 
for 160 DXCC.  Around 9am I had the best C&P "mouse-time"
ever, hitting around 75/hour for about 20 minutes, mostly 
on 20.  15 never really showed up very much, and 10 was dead.
Saturday night 80 & 160 were very noisy and I gave up at 10:30.

I wasn't able to start until ~2pm Sunday, and both 15 & 20 
seemed quiet; and I wasn't being heard.  Then 40 opened earlier 
than I expected and was great for the rest of the 'test.

Goal I -- beat last year's score: easy! Even without 10 and 
not much of 15 I essentially met my best scores in the 5 years 
I've been in this contest.

Goal II -- AK on 80 to complete 80 WAS here in MA:  nope! 
Didn't even see them spotted.

Rig: TS-2000
S&P (actually mostly C&P)
Log: N3FJP's International DX Contest Log v4.8
BIC: ~13 hours  (Official "60 min" time: 17 hours)
Antennas:
   10  HB 5el yagi @ 30ft (not that it mattered much...)
   15  Rotatable Dipole @ 33ft (noisy - no F/R)
   20  HB Moxon @ 36ft (works quite well)
   80/40  trapped 80/40 + 30M fan dipole @ ~30ft 
  160  a "temporary" 160 dipole run "zig-zag" around 
          the back yard at about 15 ft average height, 
          fed at 80/40/30 dipole feedpoint.

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/