[South Florida DX Association] ARRL DX CW C6AHR

[Pete Rimmel -- Marine Chemist -- N8PR]

        ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 2006


      Call:          C6AHR
      Category:  Single Operator
      Power:     High Power -- 250 Watts
      Band:       160
      Mode:      CW
      Country:   Bahamas
      Op:          N8PR

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS    STATES/PROV


      160      742     2226          59
      -----------------------------------

     Totals    742     2226          59  =   131,334



Equipment Description:    Icom 756PRO with Solid State Amp - 250 Watts to an 
Inverted Vee at 120 feet.
                                       Also had a receive loop at 10 ft that 
helped a lot.

Club Affiliation: Florida Contest Group

Froze our butts off the first few days there, but by the weekend, we could 
wear shorts and no jackets.  Worked a lot on the WARC bands and 160 before 
the contest.  Pileups are always fun !  Worked 650 befroe the contest, 
including VK, VK6 and JA on 160.  Lots of EU.

Had 7 power outages Saturday and Sunday evenings for a total of 3.5 hours 
lost time between 6:30 PM - 11 PM on Sat and 6:25 PM to end of test on 
Sunday.

Very frustrating.    It was great to hear and work so many FCG'ers and get 
"OJ" after the contact.  Hope all had as much fun as we did.

73,  PeteR