[TVARC] ARRL DX SSB Contest

[George Briggs]

I used to be primarily a phone op.  After moving to TV I have focused on CW.  Phone is just too much of a strugglewith our limitations.  But I did get on and work about 25 stations spread among 40, 20 and 15M.  At one point latein the contest I heard K2TE struggling to complete a contact with a EU station.  After the EU station gave up, whichwas not very nice, I called the EU station.  Even with 450W I couldn't get through, even calling one on one.
So I spent some time Elmering during the contest.  Dick, KN4IFK came over to try his hand at making HF contacts.It was quite a struggle.  The band (20M) was punk, and every DX station had lots of callers.  But Dick was a fastlearner, and he was persistent.  He was able to make five contacts or so in the hour that we operated.  Later, it wasKaren's (K4DZM) turn.  Conditions were better, especially to the south, and she worked five stations, in five countries,in about 20 minutes.  It is so much fun to watch the excitement as a new ham hears a DX station sending their callsign.
Next up is the Prefix contest, also SSB.  In this one USA stations can work ANYONE, so there will be a lot of opportunityto fill out your WAS and your DXCC lists.
73,George K2DM
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