[TVARC] FW: ARRLDX CW K2DM SOAB HP

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

Big score, George!  I may have eked you out in the scoring column, but you operated about 10 hours less than me.  And don’t forget K2TE.

 

We’ll have to talk about what kind of tuner you used for 80M.

 

73, Pete, K2PS

 

From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2019 9:15 PM
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Subject: [TVARC] FW: ARRLDX CW K2DM SOAB HP

 

 

 

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Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2019 9:12 PM
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Subject: ARRLDX CW K2DM SOAB HP

 

                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2019

 

Call: K2DM

 

Class: SOAB HP

QTH: FL

Operating Time (hrs): 17

 

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Mults

-------------------

  160:           

   80:   17    13

   40:  295    76

   20:  201    59

   15:   66    37

   10:    2     2

-------------------

Total:  581   187  Total Score = 325,941

 

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

 

Comments:

 

This is a great contest for us to enter from our deed-restricted,

antenna-limited retirement community.  I used my 20-foot vertical (disguised as

a flagpole) for 20M and 10M, and a temporary 40M inverted vee (at 20 feet) for

40M, 80M and 15M.  The inverted vee works particularly well on 40M.  I set a

target of 500 QSOs, fired up my KPA500 amp and had at it.  Some have complained

about conditions, but for me they were great.  There were tons of stations to

work on 40M and 20M, my main bands, and 15M even opened a little bit.

 

I had expected to do mostly S&P, but every time I rolled onto a clear

frequency I tossed out a few CQs - and I actually got answers.  I had a number

of short runs on 40M and 20M, but I also had a few longer runs.  I had one run

of 38 QSOs on 40M and one of 45 QSOs on 20M.  Despite my success, I only put in

somewhere between 17 and 20 hours (N1MM+ says 17 hours).  I would operate for an

hour or three, then take a break to eat, sleep, or watch Harvard basketball.  I

operated very little on Sunday.

 

All in all, it was a pretty fun time.  Thanks to my friends in TVARC for keeping

it interesting, and thanks to all the stations who worked me.  Some of you were

very weak and up and down with the deep QSB (as I suspect I was).  So thanks for

making the effort.  Congrats to fellow TVARC member K2PS who beat my score while

operating low power.  Well done, Pete.

 

73,

George K2DM

 

 

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