A lot of effort was put into getting all antennas up and running again before the contest. Thanks to the whole team and especially John, W2GD, for all the hard work, it really paid off. 🙂
Finished just short of the existing South America record. Condx proved worse than expected, especially on Sunday. A few very slow hours both mornings. Best rates after Europe closed which was to be expected. Best hour brought 380 QSOs! 😎 Even me as a rather average CWer enjoyed the pileups and rate immensly! Will be hard to beat when back in Germany. 😉
Now eager to learn how the competition finished. A pity they didn’t post to the online scoreboard. I’m sure they watched us all the time. 😉 Thanks for all the calls, guys!
ARRL DX Contest, CW Call: P40XM Operator(s): DH8BQA DL5CW DL5LYM DL6RAI Station: P49V Class: M/2 HP QTH: FK42xn Operating Time (hrs): 48 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 351 51 80: 887 58 40: 1793 61 20: 1653 60 15: 1901 60 10: 1586 60 ------------------- Total: 8171 350 Total Score = 8,545,950 Comments: 2 x FT-1000, kW amps, TH7's + dipoles