[TVARC] ARRL DX CW contest results for K2DM

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

Hi John,

 

If you’re working into JA and UA0 you must be doing something right!  Did you get a chance to work W2GD (also John), at P44W?

 

73, Pete, K2PS

 

From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of w4gd
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 5:28 PM
To: TVARC; k2dm at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TVARC] ARRL DX CW contest results for K2DM

 

George, congrats to you, Pete and the others whose scores I have seen for this past weekend's ARRL DX CW Contest.

 

I am kinda embarrassed with my initial submission as a member of TVARC as seen below.  I fear that I still may have some issues with regard to blowing arc fault circuit breakers in the neighborhood, so I made my effort in the contest as a 100% surgical search and pounce attempt to pick up new counters for my "Villages DXCC".  I picked up 31 new counters for the DXCC.  The other 2 QSOs (33-31) occurred because I just couldn't resist calling an extra JA and UA0 who were calling CQ and had small pileups.

 

Conditions were poor here, but my 33 QSOs do include all continents, so guess I can't complain too much!

 

73,

 

John

W4GD

 

 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:           
   80:           
   40:           
   20:  33     31
   15:           
   10:           
-------------------
Total:  33     31  Total Score = 9,207
 
Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

 

 

 

On Monday, February 22, 2021, 09:56:34 AM EST, k2dm at comcast.net <k2dm at comcast.net> wrote: 

 

 

                    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

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

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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