[3830] ARRLDX CW NH6O SOSB10 QRP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2023

Call: NH6O
Operator(s): NH6O
Station: NH6O

Class: SOSB10 QRP
QTH: Honolulu HI
Operating Time (hrs): 5.1

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:           
   40:           
   20:   2      2
   15:  16      9
   10:  60     28
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Total:  60     28  Total Score = 5,040

Club: 

Comments:

Park portable - Elecraft KX3 5W, 31-foot end-fed/9:1 unun vertically suspended
in tree.

2 sessions - 0200-0330z Sunday, 2015-2400 Sunday

I knew I was only going to make a limited effort in this contest - the contests
that involve working only North American stations aren't as interesting to me as
the worldwide events. Also, it was an intermittently rainy weekend in Honolulu,
and I tried (successfully) to schedule my outings for rain-free periods.

With a late 0200 start on Sunday (Saturday afternoon local time), most NA
stations had already moved to the low bands (not workable for me during daylight
hours). I managed about a dozen West Coast contacts mostly on 15m, and called it
quits within 80 minutes.

My hope was for a few good hours on the high bands at the end of the contest
(20z-24z). I rarely have good luck to the mainland much before local noon, and
this was true again this weekend. Signals sounded muddy and attenuated on 20 and
15. 20 never really opened and 15 was marginal. 10 was the star of the session -
there were several periods of deep fading/attenuation, but many burstd of good
propagation to the continent. I was able to run 9 contacts early (2010-2020z)
with NA skimmer readings briefly over 30dB (that's nothing for you QRO
contesters, but a real treat for a wire antenna QRPer). 

My QSO rates improved each of the final 4 hours I was on, with the bulk of the
activity on 10 meters. I'm submitting a single-band entry this year.

It was fun to set up across the same picnic table with Heather AH7RF for my 2
sessions (separate radios/antennas) - it's nice to have someone to chat with
when the QSO rates are slow and to commiserate with when propagation is not
cooperative!

Aloha and 73/72,
Bob NH6O in Honolulu


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