[3830] ARRLDX SSB N8II SOSB15 LP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB - 2022

Call: N8II
Operator(s): N8II
Station: N8II

Class: SOSB15 LP
QTH: WV
Operating Time (hrs): ~14

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:    6     5
   40:   14     9
   20:   73    28
   15:  600    86
   10:   37    14
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Total:  600    86  Total Score = 310,980

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

As in the CW weekend, disturbed conditions spoiled some of the fun for most of
the contest. There was virtually no JA opening Saturday evening; JA signals were
loud at the start for first 30 minutes which did not allow for many JA Q's.
Sunday was not as good as Friday with just a few new JA's after a late opening
all worked past 23Z. My last 15 minutes were spent unsuccessfully calling 3
JA's, then hearing RM0L with 20 seconds to go make his last Q.

I was able to keep a decent rate going into EU Saturday with quite a few run
Q's. My best run was sandwiched between 2 loud EU stations which made for
repeats and was more tiring, but I kept it going as long as it produced Q's.
There were some loud northern EU at times, but prop to Germany and the UK was
poor to nil most of the morning, despite many Dutch QSO's. Even OM2VL was fairly
weak and watery when he called. There were an amazing number of AF countries
active, could not break the pile up on the 5UA99, but did log 3X,5Z,6W,7Q,CT3,
D4,EA8,FR, and ZD7. Where was ZS? AF prop extended well into the AF night.
Activity was fairly good to the south, but both days there was mid day
absorption and activity was higher up on 10M until late afternoon. 

Sunday was challenging; most of what I cold work was already in the log. My best
run was about 20 Q's in the 15Z hour, then crickets again. Luckily my line noise
issues were mostly not that bad which did give me a moral boost. I did add quite
a few mults. 

Many thanks for the QSO's. The excessively wide signals are still a problem
allowing those with bad signals to effectively cheat. 10M should be alive to EU
by next year. Recently 10/12/15 have been excellent to Africa.

73, Jeff

73, Jeff


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