ARRL DX CONTEST (SSB) 1996
Call used: KD6DAE
Mode: SSB
State: CA
Op time: approx 16 hours
Single Op, Low Power (<150W), Unassisted
Band Q's Mults
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160 1 1
80 4 3
40 36 19
20 48 23
15 49 27
10 42 15
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180 x3 x 88 = 47520 pts Claimed Score
Highlights:
- Band opening on 10M late Sunday morning PST...Mostly to the south...Heard
JA and ZL, no Q's.
- Best performance so far for me for ARRL DX. Not bad considering that
conditions were worse than previous years.
Lowlights:
- Nearby operator overloading my radio's front end. Not sure where it was
comming from.
- My same old complaint still stands about my antenna system...
- Spending 5 minutes trying to correct my call to a JA station on 10M and
losing him.
Had fun, none the less! I decided to use paper logs this time with a
logging program for backup (dupe and jot down report on paper, then to PC to
assist with scoring). Interesting experience. Hope to C'ya all during CQ
WPX SSB!!!
Equipment Summary:
Kenwood TS-450S/AT Barefoot
R5 Vertical, base @ 15 feet
40M Dipole @ 20 feet (also used on 80M and 160M)
Heil ProSet w/HC-4
Timewave DSP-9
MFJ 949E Tuner
73!
- Aaron Hsu, KD6DAE
athsu@mca.com
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