[SECC] WPX CW NJ8J SOAB LP

[Ben Coleman NJ8J]

CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: NJ8J
Operator(s): NJ8J
Station: NJ8J

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 14:37

Summary:
  Band  QSOs
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   160:
    80:
    40:  115
    20:  124
    15:   41
    10:   75
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Total:  355  Prefixes = 210  Total Score = 139,860

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Equipment:
Alinco DX-77T
LDG AT-11MP Automatic Antenna tuner

Antennas:
110 ft OCF Dipole fed with ladder-line
10 Meter Half-Square

Logger: N1MM+

Enjoyable, but didn't manage to put in as many hours as my 2012 high 
score for
WPX CW.  Slightly lower rate than then, too.

About the time I tuckered out Friday night (about 0520Z), it seemed 
about every signal, even the strong ones,  on 40 had flutter.  Never 
figured out what was doing that, though I haven't had a chance to look 
over propagation news yet.

10M was nicely open on Sunday when I got on at about 1915Z, though 
relatively short.  Most of the 10 meter Qs were made on Sunday.  10 
seemed to be in 'all-or-nothing' mode - signals were either very weak, 
or quite strong, few in between.  For that matter, 20, 15, and 10 seemed 
to be short Sunday, as the vast majority of stations worked (and heard) 
were 1-pointers.

This was the first time using the 10M Half-square (moved outside, 
finally) seriously.   I actually managed to run for about an hour (for 
"Bedsprings Brigade Manor" values of "run") on 10.  Also found out the 
LDG tuner will match the half-square on 40, when I was surprised to 
realize that a short run on 40 had been accomplished loading up the 
half-square on 40.

Ben NJ8J