[Dx-qsl] ARRL DX Contest

[Peter Dougherty]

At 15:29 22-02-04, you wrote:

>John,
>
>Good luck on the 80 M DXCC quest.  I had about 30 -35 confirmed on 80/75 &
>about 60-65 confirmed on 40 when I decided to get serious about it.  Getting
>40 done was relatively easy (took just a few months) but it took me almost 3
>years to break 100 worked on 80/75.

Hi Ron,

I'm in about the same boat right now. From September till now I've snared 
64 on 80 (about 41 confirmed, but most were worked within the last month so 
it's still early to judge the cards). 40 is a major problem, though. I only 
find DX on 40 during the contests (SSB), and I've been stuck at 76 now 
since CQ WW last year. Even then, it's a BEAR to get Q's on that band in 
anything other than CW. How did you do it "relatively easy" -- enquiring 
minds wanna know!

On 80, I found going from 100 to 600W made a universe of difference, plus 
some nice EU guys who will put friends from 4 different countries on when 
you work them. I think I got 10 or more like that, including a GD. Got a ZL 
confirmed the other day, BTW, with a 2-wk turnaround.

I tried registered mail to ER4DX, but I ain't holding my breath for ever 
getting that entity confirmed on 80. UA2 is another glorious lost cause.



73 de Peter (W2IRT)
w2irt@nac.net

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