[3830] CQWW CW K1XM M/S LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2021

Call: K1XM
Operator(s): K1XM KQ1F
Station: K1XM

Class: M/S LP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 39

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:    4     3        2
   80:  218    17       69
   40:  829    30      107
   20:  668    30      105
   15:  681    27       99
   10:   28    15       23
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Total: 2428   122      405  Total Score = 3,704,283

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

A last minute problem meant we could not travel this year.  So we decided to
operate low power multi-single from home.

I had reworked the antenna switching earlier this year.  We have two tribanders
and they can be fed as a stack through a triplexer or split with one antenna on
each radio.

The station is configured for SO2R. I removed one of the radios and put it on
the desk with a notebook computer.  I connected it to the antenna switch and
controller.  I made a couple minor changes in the configuration file because
normally the radios are interlocked and that's not the case for multi-single.

I ran people and Charlotte chased multipliers.

I didn't know how much time I would be able to operate.  The online scoreboard
showed another US station in the category, NJ4P.

At the beginning of the contest NJ4P pulled way ahead of us.  I tried to keep up
but couldn't.  Apparently they were part-time and I was able to get ahead when
they were off the air.  Live score competition is good stuff.

Conditions were pretty good, making for a fun contest.  Sometimes I can't run on
20 early in the opening but that wasn't a problem on Saturday and wasn't too bad
on Sunday.  15 opened nicely both days and we caught some European multipliers
on 10.  80 was pretty quiet here and I was surprised at how well we were able to
work Europe.

I really need to do something about a 160 antenna.  Maybe next year.


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