[LCC] Fwd: ARRLDX CW W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Tremendous effort guys! Congratulations on an excellent score.

I could hear you guys on ten and could tell you were getting it done.

73, Don AA5AU

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From: LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of Ted Saba
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 5:01 PM
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Subject: [LCC] Fwd: ARRLDX CW W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP




                     
All:

Here is our 3830 posting..

73 Ted KN5O


                       ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: W5RU
Operator(s): KN5O K1DW NO5W W5RY K5YG
Station: KN5O

Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Covington, LA
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
  Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   160:   21    17
    80:  154    62
    40:  791    92
    20: 1098   106
    15: 1427   107
    10: 1219    91
-------------------
Total: 4710   475  Total Score = 6,694,650

Club: Louisiana Contest Club

Comments:

First of all, my thanks to W5RY (Greg), NO5W (Chuck) and Bill (K5YG) for traveling to the QTH for the contest.  Also, my thanks to
my neighbor K1DW
(Dallas) for his continued support and encouragement.

Overall great conditions on 20/15/10 led to an all-time high QSO count for us in this contest.  With the rising K index on Saturday
night, 160 and 80 were very challenging.  Thankfully 20 was open almost all night for us. So our normal amount of time spent on 160
and 80 was cut in half.

We had one minor glitch with one of the computers/N1MM and lost about 30 minutes of operating time on both stations.  Other than
that, no other equipment failures - well maybe some Op failures, but that is to be expected.
At least no one fell asleep during the graveyard shift.  This year we missed one of our regular Ops, Joe W3GW, who couldn't make it
this weekend. Joe would normally work the graveyard shift with me.

Our mult count was down as compared to last year as we concentrated on running and hoped the mults would eventually show up.  We're
not set up to have an interlocked run and mult station paired on each band and struggle to have enough operators anyway.

But for each contest and each year that passes, we get a little better and find things we can change and/or improve for the next
time.  And even as far south as we are, the weather the last couple of months has not permitted us to do any antenna work.  Normally
we are between 40F and 60F most days and lots of sun.
Not this year. It has been cold and rainy.. Ideal duck hunting weather..

We were really surprised how long 10M stayed open for us.  At least an hour past our sunset, we were still running JAs and deep Asia
Qs.  I think we stayed on 15M at least 2-3 hours past sunset.  Hope these conditions exist two weeks from now for the Phone contest.

Speaking of which, that is the weekend before Mardi-Gras.  If you like contesting and want to go to Mardi-Gras, let me know.  I'm
not liking phone contesting too much these days, but I'll offer the station for multi-op use should there be enough interest.

Otherwise, thanks to all of you (the DX) for being there and all of the Qs.  We hope that we gave you a mult that you needed. So
until the next contest,

73,
Ted KN5O

for the W5RU Team:
KN5O (Ted), K1DW (Dallas), W5RY (Greg), NO5W (Chuck) and K5YG (Bill)


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