ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: PJ4G
Operator(s): K1VR, K2NG
Station: PJ4G
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Bonaire, NA
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 258 51
80: 626 57
40: 1046 60
20: 1506 61
15: 2878 59
10: 364 40
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Total: 6678 328 Total Score = 6,571,152
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
My first major event from the Caribbean. Observations:
* Rig: FT-1000 Mark V ==> AL-1200 amplifier.
* 6678 Q's/48 hours = 140 QSO's/hour. The log says we were off the air for
four hours (i.e., time exceeding the threshold during which there were no
QSO's). We had only one operating position, and one operator at a time. That's
a lot of fast talking.
* 160 signals seemed weaker than I would have expected, but PJ4 is only 50
miles North of Venezuela, and not off the coast of North Carolina, or Florida.
* The rate for the short opening on 10 meters was stupendous. At times it
felt as though I couldn't talk fast enough.
* K2NG has built a terrific rental location, with good antennas. And the
weather was perfect. No wonder the K1QX/K1XX/W1MD/K5KG crowd enjoyed it for
ARRL CW.
But none of this has any impact on my opinion that 20 meter phone is where the
wild animals stalk.
-- Fred K1VR
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