Call, Stn, Op: N6ZFO
Class: SOAB LP

QTH: CA (SF Section)
Operating Time (hrs): 6:30

Summary:
Band	QSOs	Mults
160:	0	0
80:	4	4
40:	7	7
20:	123	55
15:	23	9
10:	0	0
Total:	157	75	Total Score	35,100

ARRL DX SSB was not the contest for low power this year. Conditions seemed awful but interestingly on Saturday afternoon a fairly brief 15m opening to JA and Pacific produced s9+30 signals. JA3YBK was asking stns to try 10m and I could just hear something on his run frequency. And Sunday morning, a very weak 15 meter signal turned out to be CB2-, S-7 after turning the beam toward Chile. On Sat the Easter Is expedition was easily worked -- occasionally announcing power, so as to count for DX Contest. Very good op. Interestingly, SA was easily worked on 20 and 15, unusual from here where my horizon is 4-7 deg toward Chile and Brazil. So optimum path must have been at higher elevation than usual this weekend. Most impressive op in contest: P40L.

Eu fairly good on Sat morning on 20, but not so on Sunday. Both mornings, very few LP Eu stns were heard, a bad sign. Missed Denmark; LZ and E70 stations couldn't hear me. Most other easy ones worked, most on Saturday morning.

Again, observed this (2nd most) awful operating practice too often: The DX gives the station's call. . say w9abc?? and the station responds w9abc one or several times rather than "R" or "QSL". That confuses the calling station and prolongs the exchange. Amazing how often this happens! Worse, though against clear instructions from the DX station - surprised that a few otherwise excellent ops do this. In school these days that procedure might be tagged as bullying and the offender suspended.

73 Bill n6zfo