[SCCC] ARRLDX CW WA7BNM SOSB10 LP

[Bruce Horn]

                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2024

Call: WA7BNM
Operator(s): WA7BNM
Station: WA7BNM

Class: SOSB10 LP
QTH: S.Calif
Operating Time (hrs): 16

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:          
   80:          
   40:          
   20:          
   15:          
   10:  609    85
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Total:  609    85  Total Score = 155,295

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

As many have said about the conditions: Wowza! I didn't feel motivated before
the start of the contest, but after turning on the rig Saturday morning and
discovering workable EU stations at 1500Z, I changed my attitude. Usually, 10m
opens slowly and I get to listen to those to the east working stations I can't
even hear. But Saturday (and Sunday) 10 opened early to EU and stayed open for
more than 4 hours each day.

After S&Ping up the band Saturday morning, I ended up above 28.160 and
decided "what the hell" I'd call CQ. Was amazed that I could run (OK
maybe walk) EUs for an hour or so - first ever low power run of EU for me.

Sunday, I remoted back to my home station to add some QSOs and mults, but found
the remote PC interface to be cumbersome when running and needed to complete a
partial call.

Note: was surprised that a number of stations appended a "W" to the
power portion of their exchange. I don't remember hearing that before.

Rig: Icom 7610 - 100 watts
Antenna: SteppIR DB-36 at 70 ft
Antenna: Optibeam OB16-3 at 50 ft fixed SE

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)