ARRL Inter. DX Contest, CW
The ARRL International DX Contest was help over the weekend of February 19th - 20th. I was able to run an hour on from my Dallas QTH on Saturday, and a few more hours on Sunday from the lakehouse. Saturday I worked 40 and 20M while Sunday mostly 15M and 10M. Propagation was good for CW. In Dallas this was the first contest running with the new G5RV antenna. Lakehouse used the trusty old Carolina Windom. The goal of the contest is for US stations to work as many DX stations in as many DXCC entities as possible. For DX stations to work as many W/VE (US and Canada) stations in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible. W/VE stations send a signal report and their state or province. DX stations send a signal report and power as a number or abbreviation. I programmed my FlexControl to send WX7V, and WX7V 5nn TX. The contest was fun and propagation worked well for CW despite the solar conditions this weekend. Heard Turks and Caicos on Saturday but wasn't