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The mother of all contests  the ARRLDX
since the 70's  i was active in the ARRL tests  with club call PA0GN
In those days paper logging.   CW 2 weekends  48hour and phone 2 x 48hour.
Dupe checking  had to be done from the paper logs in the weekends after with a group of om's
someone did read the log and the others had to check the calls in the list..
it was easy to make mistakes in the logging  bad  handwriting    wrong time wrong band etc.

A dupe sheet was mandatory  with the log sheets all by air mail.

QST 1974    losse verkoop 1$    PA0GN  staat er bij  low sunspots  poor bands  in 74


 

SO-LOW-ALL

Band     QSOs     Pts  Sec  Pt/Q
   1.8      42     126   21   3.0
   3.5      50     150   18   3.0
     7     137     411   30   3.0
    14     139     417   42   3.0
    21      66     198   28   3.0
 Total     434    1302  139   3.0
Score: 180,978
1 Mult = 3.1 Q's
ARRL DX CW - 2017-02-18 0000Z to 2017-02-20 0000Z - 440 QSOs

 running low power 160m  did surprisingly well.
Good ears on the other site !
And a pleasure to receive on the quiet Beverage   also on 40m.
the f/b is high 15 to 20dB  between east Bev. and West

until the end of this month I can have the Beverages out in the land.

high bands only the dipole sorry enough.
remarkable heard PJ4X  calling  long long CQ test no takers  in the afternoon.



PA0O - Off Times >= 30 Minutes

2017-02-18 0000Z - 2017-02-18 1417Z     14:18  (858 mins)   (Start late)
2017-02-18 1441Z - 2017-02-18 1700Z     02:20  (140 mins)
2017-02-18 1709Z - 2017-02-18 1917Z     02:09  (129 mins)
2017-02-18 2007Z - 2017-02-18 2103Z     00:57  (57 mins)
2017-02-18 2107Z - 2017-02-18 2224Z     01:18  (78 mins)
2017-02-18 2257Z - 2017-02-18 2328Z     00:32  (32 mins)
2017-02-19 0237Z - 2017-02-19 1038Z     08:02  (482 mins)
2017-02-19 1040Z - 2017-02-19 1215Z     01:36  (96 mins)
2017-02-19 1330Z - 2017-02-19 1428Z     00:59  (59 mins)
2017-02-19 1433Z - 2017-02-19 1526Z     00:54  (54 mins)
2017-02-19 1940Z - 2017-02-19 2014Z     00:35  (35 mins)
2017-02-19 2027Z - 2017-02-19 2101Z     00:35  (35 mins)
2017-02-19 2145Z - 2017-02-19 2218Z     00:34  (34 mins)
2017-02-19 2358Z - 2017-02-19 2359Z     00:01  (1 mins)   (End early)

Total Time Off 34:50  (2090 mins)
Total Time On 13:10  (790 mins)



474.2 kHz DX bove 1000km
 na  de ARRL  page  full   XSH/17  beste snr -10dB beste signaal dit seizoen

2017-02-20 00:30  WD2XSH/17  0.475646  -22  0  FN42pb  2  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-02-20 04:22  WG2XPJ  0.475669  -28  0  FN34lp  1  PA0O  JO33hg  5587  50 
 2017-02-20 02:50  PA0O  0.475681  -27  0  JO33hg  0.2  SV8RV  KM07ks  2042  142 
 2017-02-20 01:36  PA0O  0.475676  -28  0  JO33hg  0.2  SV8RV/1  KM07ks  2042  142 
 2017-02-20 03:02  PA0O  0.475680  -27  0  JO33hg  0.2  9H1CG  JM75fw  2022  159 
 2017-02-20 01:40  PA0O  0.475676  -23  0  JO33hg  0.2  RUSWL  KO85sv  1996  69 
 2017-02-20 01:44  PA0O  0.475677  -28  0  JO33hg  0.2  EA5DOM-1  IM98xn  1713  200 
 2017-02-20 01:36  PA0O  0.475674  -23  0  JO33hg  0.2  EA5ZL  IM99uu  1581  202 
 2017-02-20 00:16  EA4GHB  0.475656  -16  0  IN80hu  1  PA0O  JO33hg  1571  25 
 2017-02-20 01:36  PA0O  0.475675  -24  0  JO33hg  0.2  OH6JKN  KP22xk  1521  40 
 2017-02-20 01:58  PA0O  0.475679  -23  0  JO33hg  0.2  OH6GAP  KP22rd  1482  41 
 2017-02-20 01:40  PA0O  0.475674  -18  0  JO33hg  0.2  OH2EAT  KP20xw  1437  46 
 2017-02-20 01:40  PA0O  0.475675  -23  0  JO33hg  0.2  EB3FRN  JN01mc  1416  199 
 2017-02-20 01:56  PA0O  0.475681  -31  0  JO33hg  0.2  EA3IW  JN11bj  1363  196 
 2017-02-20 00:36  EA3AER  0.475702  -27  0  JN12kd  0.2  PA0O  JO33hg  1268  11 
 2017-02-20 01:36  PA0O  0.475675  -1  0  JO33hg  0.2  LA2XPA/2  JP33wi  1124  3


latest decodes in full daylight
0742  -27  -0.9    0.475647    1     FN42PB   33   5646

0748  -28  -0.7    0.475647    0   WD2XSH/17              33






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