N2IC/0 - Single-op, All-Band, High Power
Band QSO Zone Country
160 34 12 21 Sloper, 5 beverages
80 139 22 47 1/4 wave vertical, 5 beverages
40 303 29 74 3 el KLM at 120 feet
20 1023 35 120 Stacked KT-34XA's at 115, 65 feet
15 182 25 82 "
10 22 7 13 "
Total 1703 130 357 ---> 2,304,484 points
Obviously, this was NOT a high-band weekend for those of us in the black hole !
160: Worked everything I heard. Just didn't hear much outside of the
Carribean. No VK, ZL, EA8, CT3 or other sometimes-easy DX.
80: Nice JA run from 0830Z-0930Z Sunday AM. Moved DU9RG from 40 to 80 around
0930Z Sunday and was shocked at how loud he was. TM1C was the only EU worked,
and didn't hear many others. XX9X had a good signal Sunday AM around sunrise,
but just CQ'd in my face.
40: Pretty average condx for Colorado. I don't understand how VS6WO, XX9X and
HS1AZ could be so weak at the same time as JA's were loud. Why don't the big
gun Russians and eastern Europeans work long path to the USA anymore, like they
used to a few years ago ?
20: After the first hour (153 QSO's), it was all downhill ! Great VK/ZL
opening 0700-0800Z Saturday AM, followed by a poor EU opening after sunrise.
Sunday EU opening was extremely FB.
15: As you can guess from the numbers, no direct-path JA openings, and EU
opening confined to extreme southern and western Europe (missed DL amongst
other easy EU countries !). Interesting marginal opening to Zones 25, 27 and
29 around 0300Z Saturday.
10: Made a major strategic error. Band was open pretty well to Carribean and
SA both Saturday and Sunday mornings, but I decided to concentrate on 20 and 15
meter EU, betting that 10 meters would still be open during the afternoon.
However, 10 was dead both afternoons ! That decision probably cost me 15
multipliers.
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