ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: N3BNA
Operator(s): K3QF N3BNA
Station: N3BNA
Class: M/S HP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 40 32
80: 168 61
40: 431 83
20: 511 97
15: 461 98
10: 511 93
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Total: 2122 464 Total Score = 2,952,432
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
The weather has made this one of the most difficult contests of the many in
which I have ever participated.
First of all I left Haiti a few days before the contest and came back to find
my car battery dead, but in addition the entire car was coated in thick ice and
the trunk and hood were totally encased...I spent several hours outside from
midnight to 2:00AM, (with single-digit temperatures just after getting off the
plane from Haiti) chopping my hood and windshield free from ice, then digging
the 18-24 inched of hardened snow that was encasing it.
In the contest K3QF and I also fought the terrible weather (My lane was
impassable and vehicles has to be abandoned somewhere along the lane and hoof
it up the steep snowy hill). We also had visits from Murphy...falling trees all
over the place and lost the south beverage. Also A huge branch (12inches)
landed on the roof of the cabin..likely damaging the roof, but its been too
cold to know if there will be any damage or leaks. Looks like a tornado went
through. Everything now under additional snow. Lot of work when it gets
warmer.
One rotor stuck on north half way through the contest...South beverage is
totally dead...somewhere out there in the deep snow it is broken...Probably a
downed tree. Jon and I made a great effort to do our best despite the weather
problems. And I actually got my car stuck after the contest and had to dig
myself out alone in the cold.
Near the end of the contest I started smelling the distinctive smell that
indicates that the propane heater is running out of fuel. Next job will be to
drag a propane tank up to the shack and hook it up..Propane company refuses to
deliver up my lane...did a lot of digging and salting today. I dont think I
worked this hard before I retired!
40m was extremely noisy and with poor hearing it was almost torture, but I
think we did the best that was humanly possible. Wonder what future adventures
await. Thanks for all the QSOs and mults, especially the YJ0 who had good
ears. See you in the next contest!
73,
Dale - N3BNA
P.S. Haiti would have been more fun, but would have been less points for our
contest club. I would rather have stayed in Haiti and played DX, and I
certainly regret not doing so. However, there is a much better point
differential for DX stations in the CQ contests than the ARRL contests. For
ARRL contests, a decent station in NA can get a better score at home.
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