ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2021
Call: K2DM
Operator(s): K2DM
Station: K2DM
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: NFL
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 15 9
80: 67 33
40: 170 52
20: 311 61
15: 70 31
10: 10 8
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Total: 643 194 Total Score = 373,062
Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
Comments:
Well, I was down 13 contacts and 56 multipliers from last year's winning total.
I stayed in the chair more this year and took shorter off times. Last year when
I was sleeping I missed an opening to JA in the middle of the night on 20M
(thanks to K2PS for letting me know). This year I was rewarded by working 4
ZLs, 1 VK and FK. Hey, 6 stations is almost 1 percent of my total!
This contest is all about tuning, tuning, tuning, with a bunch of attempts to
call CQ in between. Most CQs went unrewarded, but a number yielded a few
contacts. It was especially good when someone came back to me on my first or
second CQ. That told me that I could be heard, so I was hopeful. Sometimes,
however, that was the only station that answered, so I moved on to tuning,
tuning, tuning.
It continues to amaze me what you can do with 5 watts. Sure, there are lots of
times when loud stations will CQ in your face, but there are other times you get
through when you think you don't have a chance. Like working Europe on 160, or
getting through a big pileup on Sunday afternoon.
Speaking of Sunday afternoon - what a challenge to keep at it. My last seven
hours were all under 10 contacts, with one hour netting 3 contacts. But those
46 contacts could be the difference, so I kept at it. It didn't hurt that I had
the PGA golf tournament on the TV to entertain me.
To those stations who stuck with me to pull out that final letter of my callsign
I offer my sincere thanks.
73,
George K2DM
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