[NCC] Fwd: CQWW CW K8MR SOABClassic LP

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

Interesting how weak most of the northeast USA was on Saturday night, and how well I was hearing (and working EU).  Not sure if that was something unusual, or just normal Florida propagation.

Thanks to the several MRRC/NCC folks who provided a needed zone/country multiplier. Lots of others heard who I did not bother with an unneeded zero pointer.



Got PJ2T on four bands from both operations, and KH6J (K9NW et al) a total of five times.


73  -  Jim  K8MR




 

-----Original Message-----
From: webform <webform at b4h.net>
To: 3830 <3830 at contesting.com>; k8mr <k8mr at arrl.net>
Sent: Sun, Nov 26, 2017 8:16 pm
Subject: CQWW CW K8MR SOABClassic LP

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

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

Class: SOABClassic LP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:             
   80:   27    14       21
   40:   79    16       42
   20:   65    16      38
   15:   45    14       25
   10:   13     3        4
------------------------------
Total:  229    63      130  Total Score = 114,835

Club: Florida Contest Group

Comments:

I was originally planning for an operation from the Sarasota Bay waterfront
location, but after operating earlier from the condo as W3USA, I could tell
propagation was not going to be worth the effort of loading the car and hauling
the stuff to the park. So I started over from the condo as K8MR starting about
1100Z Sunday. A lot of time was spent with a second computer reading the news
online while tuning the bands.

High band conditions stunk on Sunday - the top tier Europeans on 20 meters were
not much above the noise. But as with the earlier W3USA operation, 80 and 40 did
quite well for what I was using - a CushCraft D4 trapped dipole in the condo
attic, and a 65 wire vertical with minimal radials for 80. Not everybody heard
me, but a lot of not especially loud EU stations picked me up on 80 and 40. I
even managed to get JA0QNJ on 80.

So such is life for a few more years until some sunspots return.

73  -  Jim  K8MR


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