[LCC] CQ WW RTTY AA5AU SOSB(A)/15 HP

[Don Hill AA5AU]

                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: AA5AU
Operator(s): AA5AU
Station: AA5AU

Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 28

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  State/Prov  DX   Zones
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   80:                            
   40:                            
   20:                            
   15: 1190      57      112    38
   10:                            
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Total: 1190      57      112    38  Total Score = 557,658

Club: Louisiana Contest Club

Comments:

Leading up the contest I couldn't decide if I wanted to go all band low power or do single band 15 meters high power. I took Friday
off from work to "rest" but I didn't get any. I found out I had problems with my 2 element SteppIR yagi. I did a lot of
troubleshooting and determined that possibly I need more voltage out of the power supply (replace the 24 VAC supply with a 33 VAC
supply). It didn't appear that anything was broken and the feedline tested good. So in lieu of that, I decided not to chance SO2R.
The antenna did work, it was just being finicky.

I'm glad I ended up going single band 15 assisted because even though the solar flux was high, the A and K indices were also high so
running the amp was a good choice to achieve maximum fun.

I set goals of 1200 QSO's, 35 zones, 100 countries and all 48 states and to beat my 2012 record of 438,480. I accomplished most my
goals. Getting 112 DX and 38 zones was really nice. I only missed zones 34 and 35.

I worked some really nice DX but the highlight of the contest was fishing for, and getting C91C. He was being spotted from time to
time but he must have been S&P the whole time. (Why do people spot S&P stations???) At one point I found him working a station, so
turned the beam to him, went up a few hundred hertz and called CQ. He came right back to me! Man, I love when that happens.

I believe there were only two multipliers that I saw spots for but didn't work
- 4W6LU and 3W3A. I heard 4W6LU before the contest but never during the contest.

The contest was really enjoyable! What's nice about a single band effort is you get more rest and you can do other things while
conesting. Although I don't have a TV in the shack anymore, I was able to complete the transition of my the new aa5au.com website.
It's at dev.aa5au.com if anyone wants to take a peep before it gets moved to aa5au.com. Thanks to everyone for working me.

Station:
Icom IC756 PRO III
Ameritron AL80B amplifier 500 watts
3 element SteppIR @ 45'
2 element SteppIR @ 35'

73, Don AA5AU


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