ARRL SSB DX Contest Results

[N1API]

It was quite a weekend!

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: CT
CALLSIGN: N1API
CLUB: Meriden ARC
CONTEST: ARRL-DX-SSB
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 378840
OPERATORS: N1API
NAME: Al
ADDRESS:
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: CT
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 06451
ADDRESS-COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.5505.0

Band ------ QSO's ------ CTY
14 -------- 214 -------- 78
21 -------- 273 -------- 79
28 -------- 129 -------- 48
Totals ---- 616 ------- 205
Score: 378,840

I guess you can read my first days report in the discussion section. Suffice it to say that most of the work was done on Saturday. Sunday was spent looking for fills and new multipliers. At some points it had seemed that I had worked out the band so I did spend more off time than on time Sunday. Total time off was 29:47 time on was 18:13, boy it sure seemed longer than that! Again 15 meters was packed Sunday. Stations seemed to be no more than 1 kHz apart. How the big guns separate them out I do not know. There were some I could hear the call but just too much QRM to get who they were calling and / or their power. I skipped by them, some I got later some I missed. Lost a few Multipliers because of this. I also listened to D4C work 3 minutes over the contest time as stations kept telling him "it's over" and he kept insisting that there was three minutes left. It will be interesting to look at his score when the results come out. 10 meters opened but not as well as Saturday but still provided a few new ones. 20 meters performed well both days.

In checking your log be cautious to make sure the received report has the correct power. Sometime in typing a "K" and your fingers are off you could hit the "L" or "J" key. Another problem could be when entering 400 or 1000 you enter an extra zero. Typos are counted as an incorrect contact, I did find a couple myself. There was one station giving his report as 1500, I had to listen twice to make sure that was what I was hearing.

Hope you had some fun.

Al - N1API