[TVARC] ARRLDX SSB K2PS SOAB HP

[George Briggs]

Pete,
This is a great score. We heard you in there slugging it out a few times, playing all the tricks, like tail-ending. Looks like your persistence paid off.
73,
George K2DM 

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> On Mar 9, 2020, at 4:40 PM, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> First time playing in an SSB contest with the new 500 watts.  I remember now
> why I vastly prefer CW - or even RTTY.  It's tough these days operating on
> 20-15-10 without at least a tribander and a KW.  Used to be that since power
> was a part of the exchange, one got a sense for which countries were
> wealthier.  Now, nearly everyone is running a KW, probably including the
> Italians (even though they are limited to 500W, and the UK, 400W).  A
> handful of stations report 100W and you can really tell the difference.  And
> on the W/VE side, looking at the 3830 reported scores, the vast majority
> play in HP categories.  At least with the little amp I have a shot at
> working stations, but forget about running them (unlike with CW), so not
> much chance to do crossword puzzles - have to keep tuning and tuning since
> I'm unassisted.  Have to figure that most of the stations in any pileup have
> bigger, better stations, so it kind of changes how one needs to approach it
> (timing of your call, avoiding until later, etc.).
> 
> But all that being said, it wasn't too bad for this time in the solar cycle.
> In a few years, we'll have 10 meters and a real 15 so that everyone won't be
> cramming into 20, and a lot more stations readable.  More competitive on 40
> from here, since not too many beams for that band, and I was happy to work
> 61 countries.  80M with the 40M antenna and the KAT500 tuner at least gave
> me a few mults.  Kept checking 10M and only found a weak opening to SA one
> time, and 15 showed some sporadic E skip into Europe now and then.  Had to
> keep going there often not to miss anything.
> 
> But all in all, had fun.  And isn't that why we do this?
> 
> 73, Pete, K2PS 
> 
>                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB - 2020
> 
> Call: K2PS
> Operator(s): K2PS
> Station: K2PS
> 
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: FL
> Operating Time (hrs): 16
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>  160:           
>   80:   19    17
>   40:  120    61
>   20:  179    71
>   15:   85    41
>   10:    5     3
> -------------------
> Total:  408   193  Total Score = 235,653
> 
> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
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