[TVARC] ARRLDX CW K2PS SOAB HP

[Wayne N4FP]

Great job, Pete!

73, Wayne, N4FP

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:07 PM K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is always a great contest, all beams are pointed our way, and lots and
> lots of activity.
>
> It was my first contest using the KPA500 amp, and while 500 watts doesn't
> match up with the "big boys" (and certainly the K2PS antenna farm didn't),
> I
> figured that since I had no chance to win, I may as well enjoy the better
> contact rate and better ability to run stations.  (Unlike K2DM, whose
> QRP-masochistic tendencies are becoming clear!)
>
> I also swapped my 20-6m G5RV for a 20m inverted vee, since I wasn't using
> the G5RV any longer.  The KAT500 tuner allowed me to operate on all of
> those
> bands using my 40m inverted vee, and so getting a full-sized 20m antenna
> made sense, and I think it played really well (and way better than before).
> An added benefit of the tuner was that I could operate on 80m with the 40m
> antenna, and it performed well beyond my hopes with 55 countries worked on
> that band.  No chance at 160, but let's not get greedy.
>
> My sleep schedule was erratic.  I'd be waking up much earlier than I
> expected to, but that also allowed me to grab some good mults at the odd
> times, including JT1CO in Mongolia.  Especially exciting was the terrific
> European run (along with some JA callers) on 40 between about midnight and
> 230a Saturday night.  The low bands were excellent, with no QRN, so signals
> were loud and stations could hear me on 80, even though they were weak here
> and I was probably also the same.
>
> Didn't expect much out of 15 and 10, and they ran true to form.  You had to
> be there at the right time, so I kept breaking away from 40 and 20 to check
> 15 - in the morning for any EU stations, and the afternoon for the
> Caribbean
> and SA.  But that paid off.
>
> Special thanks to Rick, WD4JJI who, as a Community Watch guy, saw both
> Saturday and Sunday copies of my Daily Sun still sitting on the driveway
> Monday morning and was concerned that all was OK at the K2PS household.
> Just focused on contesting...
>
> 73, Pete, K2PS
>
>                     ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2020
>
> Call: K2PS
> Operator(s): K2PS
> Station: K2PS
>
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: FL
> Operating Time (hrs): 33
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>   160:
>    80:  101    55
>    40:  410    81
>    20:  423    84
>    15:   85    46
>    10:   18    15
> -------------------
> Total: 1037   281  Total Score = 873,348
>
> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
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