[SCCC] CQWW SSB W6PH SO(A)SB15 HP

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CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2021
 Call:  W6PHOperator:  W6PHStation: W6PH Class:  SO(A)SB15 HPQTH:  Lone Pine CAOperating Time (hrs): 14  Summary: Band   QSOs   Zones   Countries------------------------------------------------15        588       33          104------------------------------------------------Total    588        33          104     Total Score = 229,475 Club:  Southern California Contest Club Comments: K3S  Expert 1.3K-FA   Win-Test5 el yagi (31 ft boom) at 60 feet I had a bunch of obligations this weekend.  Dinner with friends on Friday evening, tree trimmers here on Saturday, Halloween in Tehachapi on Sunday.  I only have one antenna in the air.  So I decided to play around on 15 meters. I started Saturday morning at 9 am and the band was full of Europeans.  I just ran down the cluster list working one after another.  The conditions were better than I have seen for many years and it was great.  After a quick dinner I went back out to my shack and worked Asians until well after dark.  I ended the day with 9 hours BIC, 504 contacts, 31 zones, and 92 countries.  The SFI was 108, A=3, K=1.  I really felt loud. On Sunday morning I was out in the shack before 9 am and just a few Caribbeans were coming through.  I kept waiting for the band to open to Europe and it just didn't happen.  The elevated A index (25 decreasing to 8) was evident on the polar path and signals were weak.  I was able to add zone 16 but zone 20 eluded me.  I operated about five hours before we had to head to Tehachapi.  I only added 84 contacts, 2 zones, and 12 countries to my Saturday total.  Many stations just CQed in my face. I had sand kicked in my face a number of times in pile ups by W6YI and KK6P.  Both had really great scores. I call this a casual operation.  I only called CQ when the band was open to Asia on Saturday afternoon and evening.  Everything else was S&P. CQWW CW at ND7K. 73, Kurt W6PH