[ADXA] ARRL International DX Contest - CW

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Lots of enjoyment here as well Bruce, if you can call staying up for 48
hours with CW buzzing in your head fun!!!! 

I never do seem to get any rest the day of the contest so all day Friday
I was goofing off, got the station set up for this specific contest and
then hit it running at the zero hour Friday evening. Aside from a couple
of breaks to stand up and walk around (and take an occasional whiz) I
ran until just after EU sunrise Sunday morning at 0800z. I laid down on
the sofa here in the shack for a three hour nap and was back at it at
1100z. Needless to say at 6:00 PM last night I was ready for a good
nights sleep! I haven't been too energetic today! 

Conditions were horrible on 160/80, 40 was decent and 20 was, of course,
roaring. Had a little bit of 15/10 activity Sunday afternoon. What was
surprising to me is the EU conditions were not as good as it should have
been but I believe I worked as many JA's as I did EU. It was also good
to hear a good number of VK's, ZL's and also several YB stations and a
couple of BY's. 

Ended with a total of 2122 Q's and 250 DX multipliers for 1,591,500
points. 

73 Joel W5ZN 

On 2021-02-21 13:43, BRUCE PLANTZ wrote:

> I had a good time in DX test.  I never could get a good run going, so was limited to S&P.  Heard ZN running on 20 and on 80 heard WA5SOG working folks I couldn't hear.  Really didn't hear much on 80, but everywhere else worked pretty much anyone I could hear.  It was a good test of the new TS-890.  I had fun, and that's all that matters.  Early in the contest I noticed several guys coming back to double-check my call after I'd sent AR.  That never happened when contesting from that rare state of IL.  As a teen I started contesting from NE and just assumed everyone called CQ and immediately had a pileup.  It took me a while to realize what was going on.  Then I started going to a buddy's shack in WY.  Fun times.  K9OZ 
> 
>> On 02/19/2021 11:49 AM w5zn at w5zn.org wrote: 
>> 
>> This weekend, actually starting tonight at 6:00 PM local time (0000z) is the annual ARRL International DX Contest - CW. 
>> 
>> This one is a tad different from the CQWW contests in that USA stations do not contact USA stations for points, they contact DX stations and the DX stations cannot work other DX stations, they must contact USA stations. Complete rules are here: 
>> 
>> https://contests.arrl.org/DX-Rules.pdf (arrl.org) [1] 
>> 
>> So, a good opportunity to grab some gud DX. The contest period runs for 48 hours, until 5:59 PM Sunday. 
>> 
>> Get in there and make some noise! 
>> 
>> 73 Joel W5ZN 
>> 
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Links:
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[1] https://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/DX-Rules.pdf
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