[3830] ARRLDX SSB NH6O SOSB10 QRP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB - 2023

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

Class: SOSB10 QRP
QTH: Honolulu HI
Operating Time (hrs): 0:10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:          
   80:          
   40:          
   20:          
   15:          
   10:   3     2
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Total:   3     2  Total Score = 18

Club: 

Comments:

Park portable QRP - Elecraft KX3, 31-ft end-fed vertical wire in tree.

Only managed to work the final 15 minutes or so of the contest this year - had a
bad head cold (non-COVID) and knew I was only going to operate the last 2-3
hours if possible. I listened over the weekend on Web SDRs, and 10 meters was
amazing on Saturday. By the time I set up, the K index had increased to 4, and
signal attenuation was significant, so I worked FT4/FT8 on 10 until my mainland
spots were in the low negative single digits. That didn't happen until 2345z, so
I did a quick scan of the SSB band and worked the loudest stations I could
hear.

Contests that require me to work only US/CA mainland are tough for my QRP setup,
and SSB is the toughest of all the modes because of its high S/N requirement.
I'm sure I would have had better luck on Saturday, but that wasn't meant to be
this year.

Aloha and 72/73, Bob in Honolulu


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