[NCC] ARRLDX SSB K8DX SOAB HP

[Scott Detloff K8DX]

 Class: SOAB HP
 QTH: Ohio
 Operating Time (hrs): 46
 Radios: SO2R

 Summary:
  Band     QSOs  Mults
 ----------------------
   160:     17     15
    80:     63     43
    40:    169     66
    20:    685    103
    15:   1170    120
    10:   1105    103
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 Total:   3209    450  =  4,332,150

 Club: North Coast Contesters

 Comments:

 After getting an hour and a half nap before the contest started, I was in
much
 better shape to start this one than either of the CQWW's last year.
Although
 I was feeling good, my station has been in need of repair since we had
90Mph+
 winds (again) about Two months ago.   I operated with a lot less
flexibility
 than since Some of the antennas were fixed in certain directions, (not EU)
and
 Some of the ones that do rotate, were not reading correctly.

  Almost had a disastrous start, when trying to figure out whether to begin
on
 ten or fifteen meters, K8AZ stopped by to ask where I planned to start.
All of
 the sudden the radio started going crazy,  and I with only two minutes
until
 the gun going off!  I started to panic, and with about 30 seconds left, I
found
 that I had accidentally pulled out the plug for audio on the second radio,
 and it was just tripping the VOX.

 I figured that if I was going to go after NA8V's 1990 W8 record, this would
 have to be the year to do it, and I had my eye set on breaking 3M.

 I debated whether or not to sleep on Saturday morning for a bit, but felt
good
 enough to keep going.  Early Sunday morning things really slowed down
(although
 I could hear K1TO running EU's on 20M that I couldn't hear a whisper) I
thought
 I would be able to get a LONG nap in, but kept taking "one more scan"
through
 the bands and picking up more mults.  I finally gave in and slept for 1.5
hours
 so I could be fresh of the EU run of the morning.  This is the first time
I'd
 set up a place to sleep in the shack.  It was just comfortable to rest, but
not
 enough that you wanted to stay there :-)

 After my first year of this SOAB stuff, I might be starting to get the hang
of
 it.  I need to make some changes in the shack as far as equipment
ergonomics,
 and really thinking of changing my SO2R Audio switching to listen to only
one
 radio at a time instead of one in each ear.

 Looking forward to the next one!

 Scott K8DX



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