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From: webform@b41h.net
Reply-to: kt4zb@aol.com
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Sent: 3/4/2013 10:13:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: ARRLDX SSB KT4ZB SO Unlimited LP

 

                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: KT4ZB
Operator(s): KT4ZB
Station: KT4ZB

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: Savannah, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:          
   80:          
   40:   31    24
   20:  238    83
   15:  255    83
   10:  215    73
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Total:  739   263  Total Score = 583,071

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Scheduled conflicts for Saturday morning and evening left little time for radio.
Since I knew I could not be competitive, I decided to play 10m-15m-20m and pass
out points and enjoy the contest.  So I worked a little on 20m Friday night and
then got some time in on Saturday afternoon.  It seemed that conditions were
pretty good so I looked forward to spending Sunday on the air.  It's pretty
cool when conditions are better than you expect...EU was strong all day and I
never seemed to run out of S&P stations to work.  SA and the Caribbean were
also excellent with lots of 100w stations from PY and LU in the log.  Asia and
Oceania were not as good.  I only worked a few JAs, KH2, VK, ZL, 5W and a JT5,
who was very loud Saturday evening and was my catch of the contest.

On Sunday, I thought a reasonable goal would be 500-600 contacts and 200 mults
for the tribander.  Again, nice to have the day go better than you expect as
QSOs climbed quickly and around 5 pm local time, I couldn't resist not
switching to 40m just to add a few more mults.  Fun Dx was hearing the ZD7
working split down on 10m Sunday afternoon.  I passed him by a few times, and
finally decided to waste some time in the pile.  After switching to split and
setting dual receive, I immediately stumbled onto a stateside response and
called when he finished.  That was it, only a single call...how fun is that?
Of course, I won't tell you how many times I tried the KH2L pile before making
contact.

Anyway, a great radio weekend, my thanks to the contest committee and all those
who contacted me.  Looking forward to WPX.

cu on the bands - Jere

Yaesu 1000MP Field, TH6-DXX, 40m Bobtail, N1MM


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