[SCCC] ARRL DX Phone W6PH SOUAB HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB - 2026 Call: W6PHOperator(s): W6PHStation: W6PH Class: SOUAB HPQTH: Lone Pine CAOperating Time (hrs): 31.6 Summary:Band  QSOs  Mults-------------------  160:    0      0  80:    21    14  40:  118    50  20:  190    81  15:  690    89  10:  306    64-------------------Total: 1325  298  Total Score = 1,184,550 Club: Southern California Contest Club Comments: K3S SPE 1.3K DXLog 2.6Antennas: On three AB-577 masts80- West Sloper and East Sloper40- 40-2CD at 60 feet20- 3 el yagi at 60 feet15- 4 el yagi at 60 feet10- Broken A3S at 40 feet stuck north I didn't plan to use my broken A3S (director missing) on 10 meters.I had a 3 el 10 meter yagi placed on the boom of my 40-2CD.  I hadchecked it out and everything seemed good. On the very first contactattempt it was obvious that there was a feedline fault and it wasunusable.  This really limited my participation on 10 meters and costme at least 20 mults that other southwest stations got. The rest of the station worked well.  I was able to get the antennasraised on Wednesday morning before the wind came up whichwould have made it impossible to raise the antennas before theweekend. I thought conditions were generally poor.  Eighty meters was morelike 160 meters with very low activity and weak signals.  Fifteen meters was just great but ran out of stations to work.  I felt that JAactivity was low this year. Despite these conditions it was a lot of fun. Kurt W6PH