[GCARC] AB2E SO(U) ARRL DX 2019

[DARRELL NERON]

> On February 17, 2019 at 8:20 PM AB2E Darrell <ab2e at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2019
> 
>     Call: AB2E
>     Operator(s): AB2E
>     Station: AB2E
> 
>     Class: SO Unlimited HP
>     QTH: SNJ
>     Operating Time (hrs): 5
> 
>     Summary:
>      Band  QSOs  Mults
>     -------------------
>       160:   10    10
>        80:   68    36
>        40:   98    39
>        20:   79    51
>        15:   20    17
>        10:    0     0
>     -------------------
>     Total:  275   153  Total Score = 126,225
> 
>     Club: Frankford Radio Club
> 
>     Comments:
> 
>     Rig: IC-7700/SPE 1.5KA-FA
>     Antennas: All wires 160m inverted L @80ft, 80m dipole at 85ft, 40m delta loop @ 80ft,
>     20/15 (tuned the delta loop).
> 
>     New SPE amp performed flawlessly and seamlessly as expected.
> 
>     Well, Murphy struck my health bigtime. I almost didn;t operate at all. Had a
>     really bad cold which peaked FRI and SAT. While the equipment has been moved to
>     the new shack, it is not finished (no heat, no permanent electricity). Just felt
>     too awful to try to sit out in the cold and operate. Tried to operate late SAT
>     afternoon into about 0100 Sun, Had to stop and rest, felt terrible. By Sun
>     afternoon I felt well enough to operate the last 3 hours of the contest. This
>     proved pretty efficient since I still needed a lot of big guns on a couple
>     bands. Managed to catch a few station on 4 bands. Condx great on 160 last hour
>     of the test, and I snagged at least 5 EU mults then.
>     OK, maybe I can make it up in ARRL DX SSB.
>     Thanks for all the QSOs.
> 
>     73 and CU in the pileups1
>     Darrell AB2E
> 
> 
>     Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
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