[SCCC] K6NA AA-CW 2015

[Glenn Rattmann]

                 All Asian DX Contest, CW

Call: K6NA
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: SoCal
Operating Time (hrs): 6

Summary:
  Band  QSOs  Mults
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   160:
    80:    2     2
    40:   60    34
    20:  107    66
    15:   84    66
    10:
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Total:  253   168  Total Score = 42,840

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments for SCCCers:
I always enjoy working the Asians in this one.  I was a college kid 
in the midwest about 1966 or so when I stumbled into this contest and 
played around.  With low power and a poor antenna in Wisconsin, 
making even a handful of Asian contacts was a thrill.

Originally the format was a 30-hour contest period.  It started at 
1000Z on Saturday, and ended at 1600Z on Sunday, and I loved that 
format.  I used to put fairly serious efforts into these, on both 
modes, and had good success.  West coasters had both local sunrise 
openings, could make a full effort, and yet still enjoy most of 
Sunday in regular activities.

Some years ago the JARL increased the contest period to a full 48 
hours.  For me, this change made the contest much more tedious from 
the west coast, with so many daylight hours with no openings to Asia 
for hours at a time-- especially in the down-years of the solar 
cycle.  This decreased my interest in big efforts, except for an 
occasional single-band 40m entry.  More recently, JARL moved to allow 
packet use for all single-operator entries, and my interest declined 
further as a result.

Even so-- it's always a thrill to work the Asian openings 'down the 
curve of the dawn.'  (WA6AUD)

73,

Glenn K6NA