ARRL CW DX

[w2bvh]

70 Q's, 42 countries, 12 watts with K2 1520 and a 130 ft cf zepp. Not
exactly QRP, but with sunspots the way they are I'm willing to stretch a
point. One of the countries was new for me: PZ5WW.  Lots of band noise
on all bands. Coudn't break *any* pileups at all. When the sunspots were
up I could break 60-70% at 5-10 watts. Even so it was fun. Did about 5
hours total.

73,
Lenny W2BVH
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[w7aqk]

Congrats Lenny!  You did well.  You didn't say which bands
you were on, but I suspect 20 meters was your main one.
Actually, 40 meters was more productive for me, but that was
probably more due to my choice of operating times.  I worked
about 50+ there, but I was "fudging" the power a bit more
than you.

When you worked PZ5WW, you were very possibly working one of
our more famous QRPers--Hank, K8DD, who is one of our most
recent ARCI Hall of Fame additions.  There were 3 other ops
along--Jay, W5JAY; Stan, AC8W; and Jim, KB8TXZ.  They will
be operating through tomorrow I think, but using
individually assigned calls in addition to PZ5WW.  Listen
for them if you have a chance.

Also, if you haven't worked VP6DX yet, check around for that
operation on Dulcie Island.  They have great signals on just
about every band.  As I write this email, they are booming
in on 40 CW.

Dave W7AQK

----- Original Message -----
From: "w2bvh" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:58 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] ARRL CW DX

> 70 Q's, 42 countries, 12 watts with K2 1520 and a 130 ft
> cf zepp. Not exactly QRP, but with sunspots the way they
> are I'm willing to stretch a point. One of the countries
> was new for me: PZ5WW.  Lots of band noise on all bands.
> Coudn't break *any* pileups at all. When the sunspots were
> up I could break 60-70% at 5-10 watts. Even so it was fun.
> Did about 5 hours total.
>
> 73,
> Lenny W2BVH
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[Stephen W. Kercel]

ARRL DX Contest, my $0.02 worth:

I was trying out the N1MM logger for the first time in a big contest.
I used a K2 at 5 Watts and dipoles for various bands. Total: 402 QRP
QSOs, about 200 on 20 m, a handful on 15 m, and about 100 each on 80
and 40. Most exciting moment: working VP6DX on 80 m QRP.

As several posters have noted, the low sunspot activity (and the
unfortunately poor geomagnetic conditions) were very telling.
Conditions this year were far worse than the previous three years.
Without the K2 mojo, I do not know where we would be. (My coastal QTH
is a big help too.)

73,

Steve Kercel
AA4AK


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[Chris Kantarjiev K6DBG]

112 Qs to 55 countries, using my K2 at 5W to a vertical and dipole.
EU was a complete washout - I heard lots of stations but couldn't
work any, either day. But I got all the other official continents,
plus Antarctica! VP6DX on 20/17/15/10 (but they're "easy" from the
left coast), several new entity contacts (including PZ5WW, DC4 and
DP0GVN) and many new band-entity contacts.

In the last two hours, the JAs showed up on 20 and I was breaking
pileups with 5W to the dipole. That was good fun. Made up for
the frustrating hours getting nowhere on 80m during the middle of the
night.

I'm always learning new ways to run my K2 better. This weekend's
lesson was the ATT key. I had been using PRE on 20 and 15, and
happened to click through ATT/PRE on 40. The band was noisy, so
PRE was a big mistake, but ATT seemed to quiet the noise and make
the signals "pop" - even though they were very quiet signals. Not
at all what I expected, but something I'll play with in the future.

73 de chris K6DBG
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[Curt Milton]

Lenny,

nice work with your K2.  i enjoyed the event with a
K2/100 (that previously enjoyed similar contests QRP
before its 'upgrade').  the low bands especially are
in nice shape, even for modest stations - and I even
worked VP6DX on 15m from the east coast with only a
vertical.  

at least one of the ops at PZ5WW is K8DD, a K2-user.
prior to event on thursday nite he was running QRP
from his K2 on 40 and 20 meters.  hint -- look for
some of these visiting DX ops lingering today after
the contest.  

73, Curt

--- w2bvh <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 70 Q's, 42 countries, 12 watts with K2 1520 and a
> 130 ft cf zepp. Not
> exactly QRP, but with sunspots the way they are I'm
> willing to stretch a
> point. One of the countries was new for me: PZ5WW.
> Lots of band noise
> on all bands. Coudn't break *any* pileups at all.
> When the sunspots were
> up I could break 60-70% at 5-10 watts. Even so it
> was fun. Did about 5
> hours total.
>
> 73,
> Lenny W2BVH
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[n6wg]

Good job, Chris.
If you do this well at the bottom of the solar cycle,
think what you'll be able to do when things are
better.
73, Bob N6WG

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Kantarjiev" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:28 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: ARRL CW DX

> 112 Qs to 55 countries, using my K2 at 5W to a vertical and dipole.
> EU was a complete washout - I heard lots of stations but couldn't
> work any, either day. But I got all the other official continents,
> plus Antarctica! VP6DX on 20/17/15/10 (but they're "easy" from the
> left coast), several new entity contacts (including PZ5WW, DC4 and
> DP0GVN) and many new band-entity contacts.
>
> In the last two hours, the JAs showed up on 20 and I was breaking
> pileups with 5W to the dipole. That was good fun. Made up for
> the frustrating hours getting nowhere on 80m during the middle of

the

> night.
>
> I'm always learning new ways to run my K2 better. This weekend's
> lesson was the ATT key. I had been using PRE on 20 and 15, and
> happened to click through ATT/PRE on 40. The band was noisy, so
> PRE was a big mistake, but ATT seemed to quiet the noise and make
> the signals "pop" - even though they were very quiet signals. Not
> at all what I expected, but something I'll play with in the future.
>
> 73 de chris K6DBG
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