[TVARC] ARRL DX CW contest results for K2DM

[k2dm at comcast.net]

                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2021

 

Call: K2DM

Operator(s): K2DM

Station: K2DM at The Land

 

Class: SOAB QRP

QTH: NFL

Operating Time (hrs): 36

 

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Mults

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

  160:   15     9

   80:   67    33

   40:  170    52

   20:  311    61

   15:   70    31

   10:   10     8

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Total:  643   194  Total Score = 373,062

 

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

 

Comments:

 

Well, I was down 13 contacts and 56 multipliers from last year's winning
total. 

I stayed in the chair more this year and took shorter off times.  Last year
when

I was sleeping I missed an opening to JA in the middle of the night on 20M

(thanks to K2PS for letting me know).  This year I was rewarded by working 4

ZLs, 1 VK and FK.  Hey, 6 stations is almost 1 percent of my total!

 

This contest is all about tuning, tuning, tuning, with a bunch of attempts
to

call CQ in between.  Most CQs went unrewarded, but a number yielded a few

contacts.  It was especially good when someone came back to me on my first
or

second CQ.  That told me that I could be heard, so I was hopeful.
Sometimes,

however, that was the only station that answered, so I moved on to tuning,

tuning, tuning.

 

It continues to amaze me what you can do with 5 watts.  Sure, there are lots
of

times when loud stations will CQ in your face, but there are other times you
get

through when you think you don't have a chance.  Like working Europe on 160,
or

getting through a big pileup on Sunday afternoon.

 

Speaking of Sunday afternoon - what a challenge to keep at it.  My last
seven

hours were all under 10 contacts, with one hour netting 3 contacts.  But
those

46 contacts could be the difference, so I kept at it.  It didn't hurt that I
had

the PGA golf tournament on the TV to entertain me.

 

To those stations who stuck with me to pull out that final letter of my
callsign

I offer my sincere thanks.

 

73,

George K2DM

 

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