Very nicely done, Pete.

FWIW, and with deference to a few other ops, you have my vote for the best contest op in TVARC.  But I cleaned your clock on 160M!

BTW, the first thing I did Sunday evening when I got home from The Land was shower and shave.  This

contesting stuff is pretty grungy!

73,

George K2DM

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From: K2PS Pete Stafford
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 11:14 AM
To: 'TVARC'
Subject: [TVARC] ARRLDX CW K2PS SOAB HP

Well, that was fun!  And imagine what it may be like next year when (fingers

crossed) 10M is open.  For this year there was a minor 10M opening into

Europe, both days, but it was short and you had to be there at the right

time (the 16Z hour).  But I'm really happy about 80M.  I know I've extolled

the virtues of my KAT500 tuner before, but I still can't get over how it

transforms my 40M vee from an 11.0 SWR down to 1.5, allowing me to work 35

countries, while keeping the shack warm.

I wanted to talk about the improvements in band conditions over last year,

but figured I would just post my last year's totals at the bottom of this

email.  The main differences were the 10M activity, and especially 15M,

which was open all day with extended EU openings.  Surprisingly, 40 was

better too, but I guess my 20m score dropped a bit as I was able to spend

more time on 15.  I'm always trying to operate on the highest frequency open

band since you never know when the gods of propagation will decide that

enough is enough.  20 is always open. 

Looks like about 40% of my QSOs were via CQ; a bit higher if I exclude 80

and 10 which were all S&P.  Roughly 75% of all my QSOs were European.

All in all, it was a pretty good weekend, getting over the 1000 QSO mark for

the first time here in The Villages.  I had the place all to myself since

the XYL joined the rest of the family in Cancun, which was good but there's

no one here to feed me (I'm responsible for the dishes, BTW).  It's a good

thing they've invented air fryers and microwave ovens and Stouffer's.  (I

highly recommend their Lasagna with Meat and Sauce.)  But I could do radio

without bothering anyone.  Could occasionally take off the headphones when

S&Ping if stations were loud; change my sleep schedule whenever the bands

dictate; didn't shower or shave, and no one cared!

Congrats to George for a fantastic QRP score.  I was only running 100X the

power.  So, boys and girls, power ain't nuthin' if you don't have good stuff

up in the air!  George even beat me out once in a pileup (and so did Ed,

K2TE).  Followed him and Rusty, W3US, using the contestonlinescore.com

website.  Rusty was beating both George and me Friday night, and he was

operating Single Band 40.  Also ND4G and N0SMX were on there, progressing

along.  I encourage all of you TVARCers using N1MM (and other contest

programs too) to get on the site to see how your competitors and clubmates

are doing.  It really adds to an activity which is kind of insular, even

though you're talking to the world.  Easy to set up, BTW.

Good to see many TVARCers getting on, and nice scores from N0SMX, K1LTJ,

K1CTR (very nice!), ND4G, K3ZGA (who worked Mt Athos), WB2ART, and N8RW

(worked 3D2 and YB on 40).

I was struck by how many stations are now using KWs.  Used to be unusual

back in the day.  And that's excluding the Italians (500W max) and the

British Commonwealth (400W max), many of which are more than likely running

KWs.  Also how few stations were QRP.  I worked five the whole contest.

Used to be many more.

73, Pete, K2PS

                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2022

Call: K2PS

Operator(s): K2PS

Station: K2PS

Class: SOAB HP

QTH: NFL

Operating Time (hrs): 32

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Mults

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

  160:          

   80:   70    35

   40:  266    64

   20:  296    61

   15:  320    66

   10:   81    30

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

Total: 1033   256  Total Score = 793,344

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

Last year:

                    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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