[NCC] Fwd: ARRLDX CW HI/K8MR SOAB QRP

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

What a blast!  Great to work lots of MRRC and NCC members over the  weekend.
 
73  -   Jim   K8MR
 
 
 
  
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ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: HI/K8MR
Operator(s):  K8MR
Station: HI/K8MR

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Punta  Cana
Operating Time (hrs): 11.5

Summary:
Band  QSOs   Mults
-------------------
160:    0      0
80:   48    22
40:   56    28
20:  110     37
15:  233    43
10:   168    42
-------------------
Total:  615    172  Total Score = 317,340

Club: North Coast  Contesters

Comments:

I took the KX3 on our winter vacation,  along with Jim, W8WTS and respective
XYL's. Operating time was shared with  HI/W8WTS. Time during the contest was
also spent being nice to my  wife.

We operated from two separate locations at the resort in Punta  Cana: from 
the
balcony of our fourth floor room, using 80 and 40 quarter  wave wires 
(connected
together) with a couple of quarter wave  counterpoises; and from the beach 
(on 15
and 10 meters)with a 10 foot piece  of wire hung on the underside of a beach
shelter. My best rate was from the  later location, an hour+ on 15 meters of
140/hr sending all by hand and  logging on paper. Both days the beach 
operating
time ended abruptly when  the KX3 batteries gave out.

At many times, especially on the low bands,  the EU signals were a lot 
louder
than the stateside signals. Even RU1A, not  the loudest EU, was pushing S9 
on 80
meters Friday evening, louder than  nearly any stateside signal. Contest 
rates
were pretty low when that  propagation was happening.

Not the biggest score, but a huge amount of  fun was had! 


73  -  Jim   K8MR

Back  home in Ohio