[GCARC] Fwd: AB2E ARRL DX CW SOAB(A) HP

[Agustin Neron Properties LLC]

Wow, what great rates, and seemed like a band was runnable most of the time. 
Had some good S&P bandmap sweeps when the rate slowed down on CQing, also with high rates.
Missed P44W on 160, saw him called out but could not hear him.
Worked ZP5AA on 4 bands, missed 80 & 160 (thanks Dale N3BNA).
73 Darrell AB2E


ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2023

Call: AB2E
Operator(s): AB2E
Station: AB2E

Class: SOUAB HP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 29

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
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160:   34    29
80:  156    56
40:  193    75
20:  445    82
15:  463    90
10:  735    96
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Total: 2026   428  Total Score = 2,601,384

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

Rig: FTDX-9000D/OM Power 2000A+ amp
Antennas:
160m Inverted L over 100ft tree
80m dipole @90ft
40m dipole @85ft
10m,15m,20m Force 12 C3S tribander @52ft on AB-577 military mast
Low band RX ant - HiZ4

29 hours in the chair but it seemed like more.
Wow, what amazing fun!

"Ain't no meters like 10meters" as the saying goes!
Lifetime high score from home on my modest station.
ARRL DX CW personal milestones - highest number QSOs (over 2000), highest number
mults (over 400), highest total score.
More than doubled my score from last year, thanks to 10m being wide open both
days - over 700Qs on 10m, and almost made DXCC on that band.
Had a great time filling the log with JA's on 15m late Sunday afternoon (even a
bunch of 100W stations are in the log). Some great mults were on the air.
Just after midnight Friday, I checked 20m and it was wide open to EU, I ran EU
there from 0500 to 1000UTC, took a 30min nap, then back in for the start of the
high band runs. I was pleased with the HiZ4 on 160 this time, some stations in
EU were noticeably stronger. Also the FTDX-9000D APF works amazingly well on
boosting signals out of the noise.

CU in 2 weeks for ARRL SSB, and next weekend for CQ 160 SSB!
Thanks to all my dx friends for the QSOs!

Over 25 stations were worked on all 6 bands, and well over 150 more on 5 bands.

73 Darrell AB2E

Contest: ARRLDXCW
Band     QSOs     Pts  Cty  Pt/Q
1.8      34     102   29   3.0
3.5     156     468   56   3.0
7     193     579   75   3.0
14     445    1335   82   3.0
21     463    1389   90   3.0
28     735    2205   96   3.0
Total    2026    6078  428   3.0
Score: 2,601,384
1 Mult = 4.7 Q's


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