FT Roundup - 2023
Call: K1DC
Operator(s): K1DC
Station: K1DC
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 0
40: 56
20: 98
15: 106
10: 97
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Total: 357 State/Prov = 47 Countries = 28 Total Score = 26,775
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
This year's effort was casual; I had commitments on Friday night and all day
Saturday. I stuck mostly to the higher, daylight bands due to my schedule. I
was able to dip my mouse into 40 for a short while after dark and I found quite
busy. I tried to stay with FT4 as long as there were stations to work only
switching to FT8 to hunt for mults, or if when I had run the table on FT4. Let
me tell you, switching to FT8 after running on FT4 is V E R Y P A I N F U L.
To quote my Dad, "Slower than molassas in Janurary!". While running
on FT8 I did try skipping TX5 ("73") to call the next station. This
worked about 50% of the time so I may elect to do that in future contests.
Despite running 80 into low wire antennas I was able to work most stations I
heard although a few notable misses were 4U1WB (World Bank ARC) and both KH6 and
KL7s. Ironically, I did work a KL7 30min _after_ the end of the contest - DOH!
I do feel like I continue to stay with a band longer than I should, trying to
squeeze the last Qs from it -- I need to work on that.
All-in-all a quite enjoyable way to spend a rainy Sunday!
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