[TVARC] ARRLDX CW K2PS SOAB HP

[George Briggs]

Nice going, Pete.  It WAS a bit of a slog, wasn’t it.  Having done a LOT of tuning, I frequently ran across you calling CQ.  I didn’t linger to hear whether you got answers, but I sometimes parked in the next available frequency near you to call my own CQs (often fruitless).
Here’s hoping TVARC is in contention for a gavel.
73,
George K2DM


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From: K2PS Pete Stafford
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 1:00 PM
To: 'villages reflector'
Subject: [TVARC] ARRLDX CW K2PS SOAB HP

I had been hopeful that conditions might again be like they were back in
November or so, when 15 was wide open, and even 10 meters had a chance to
open to Europe.  Alas, the sun did not cooperate this past weekend.  15 did
have some short EU openings on Saturday morning, but Sunday was pretty much
a bust, as were the rest of the bands.  Had some success on Saturday all
around, with 536 QSOs for the first 24 hours, but for the most part Sunday
was just a hard slog.

Last year was better, probably because of the comparative Sundays.  Made
1037/281 last year, compared with 777/200.  15 was actually slightly better
this year, or maybe I just had more time to give up on my futile CQing to go
check there and on 10.  I keep being amazed that I can do as well as I do on
80, with just a low 40m vee.  That Elecraft tuner really does the job.

I kept my eye on the contestonlinescore.com scoreboard throughout the
contest, and George, K2DM had an early lead.  Well, couldn't let that stand,
and I persevered, closing the gap and finally pulling out to a lead in
numbers of QSOs and Mults.  Feeling pretty good about myself, but then I
wondered what class he was running.  Oops.  Damn, George was running QRP!
Now I didn't feel so good.  I'm running 100 times his power level, and I
sure ought to be beating him, and badly.  But he does have some pretty nice
antennas, and he's a good op, so congrats to him!

Nice to see W3US, ND4G, K2TE, and K1CTR get in there and make some Qs.

Could there be a US #1 QRP plaque and/or a Local Club gavel in our future?

73, Pete, K2PS

                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2021

Call: K2PS
Operator(s): K2PS
Station: K2PS

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 30

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:           
   80:   50    30
   40:  211    57
   20:  385    64
   15:  111    41
   10:   20     8
-------------------
Total:  777   200  Total Score = 464,400

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

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