ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: VP9/W6PH
Operator(s): W6PH
Station: VP9/W6PH
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: VP9
Operating Time (hrs): 41
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 169 37
80: 527 53
40: 470 52
20: 1334 59
15: 1088 58
10: 1030 50
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Total: 4618 309 Total Score = 4,280,886
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Equipment: TS-930S + DVK-100 voice keyer.
Antennas: 20-15-10 Classic 33 at 12 feet.
40 Vertical.
160-80 G5RV Dipole at 30 feet.
Operated from the QTH of VP9GE in Hamilton Parish. After using verticals
for my last four trips, we broke out an old Mosley CL-33 and put it on a
12 foot mast for the high bands. What a difference in results! Conditions were
pretty decent and the low bands were fairly quiet allowing a lot of
6 band QSOs. The only down side was the lack of propagation to the Atlantic
coast on 10 meters. I tried moving several NC, WV, RI, and VT stations to
10m but didn't hear a peep. I had a great footprint to the midwest from MN east
to OH and south to AL and west to TX and back north to MN. It was good
to work N6AA on 6 bands, the only California station to do it. N4KG (QRP)
had a great signal on all six bands. Still a lot of stations calling with
the last two letters of their calls. I just ignored them unless there was no
one else calling. My DVK couldn't be used on 20 meters because of extreme
distortion which I haven't figured out. It worked fine on all the other bands.
Consequently, my voice was just about gone at 00Z. As my voice weakened, the
report became fi-ni-hunert! I wish I had used the tribander
for CW where I only made 3459/301=3.12Meg. I had a great time and see you
next year for the ARRLs. No more CQWW as I have never received the
certificates.
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