[OKDXA] DX Contest

[Bert Aaron]

Hi Gene,

I spent some time in the contest using dipoles on 40 and 80 meters.
Conditions on 40 were good and I managed 103 countries and lots of JA's
(233). I worked 62 countries on 80 (mostly the first night). The use of
automated spots has increased the call sign spotting errors and point and
shoot has most stations calling on the dx station's exact frequency instead
of offsetting their transmit frequency. In order to hear the dx I used the
K3 with a 250 Hz filter and the dsp at 50 Hertz. Biggest thrill: beating out
KC1XX and K3LR in a pileup (propagation).

-----Original Message-----
From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of W5LE - Gene Lewis
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 1:05 AM
To: Discussion of OKDXA
Subject: [OKDXA] DX Contest

It was great to see signs of life on the higher bands during the contest
this weekend and how nice it was to hear the signals pounding in from Europe
on 40.  I even had a little luck on 160.  My noise was only S6-7 instead of
its usual S9 and more.  
I only got to operate around 12 hours but here's what I managed:

Band   Countries
160         27
  80        40
  40        62
  20        53
  15        61
  10        26

Hope everyone had a chance to jump into the contest for at least a few
hours.
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