ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: K3ZO
Operator(s): K3ZO
Station: K3ZO
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 39.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 25 22
80: 186 54
40: 263 71
20: 817 101
15: 1020 98
10: 577 92
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Total: 2888 438 Total Score = 3,794,832
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
In general it was really noticeable that the sunspot cycle is going down.
Conditions more robust on 80 and 40 -- especially good signals out of Northern
Europe on 40 the first night -- while 10 took its good natured time opening
to Europe both mornings -- in fact it really didn't open wide to Europe at
all on Saturday from here, though I think the fellows in Florida had the
band all to themselves for a while. But how to explain the good openings
on 10 to Japan? Openings not as long as they were a couple of years ago
but at their peak signals were really good.
On 20 I have a 4-el Quad at 78 feet and a 6-el monoband Yagi at 150 feet.
For the past four or five years the quad was best to Europe at almost any
hour. Not this year; the higher antenna was best to Europe any time I
checked. The only time the quad was better to anywhere was in the early
evening to UA9/UA0. Another sign of a lower cycle; the higher antennas play
better.
I did find a way to hit the European sunrise opening on 80/40 both days
and still get my beauty sleep. Survived the whole weekend without even
one cup of coffee so guess I must be doing something right.
73, Fred, K3ZO
<k3zo@arrl.net>.
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