2012 ARRL International DX Contest (Phone)
This was my first 15 meter band contest. I really enjoyed this contest! The band was great here in Puerto Rico so I decided to work only on 15 meters. I worked it with my new IC-7000 (100 watts) and an AT-100Pro tuner. The antenna used was my old MFJ-1796 (10-15-20-40 meter) vertical at 20 feet from the ground (10 feet from my house roof).
Previouly I made very few contacts in the 15M band. I do really enjoyed working just the last 6 hours of the contest. I worked a bunch of pile-ups of very disciplined operators that allowed me to contact the weak stations. I just have to let go one station because I could not hear its complete callsign. Hope that he call me back later and made the contact. All the operators I have the opportunity to work really shined with their courtesy on the air to the others. This really made my CQ contest calling as a DX with my modest station a very easy one.
Thanks to all the stations worked! 73 to all, see you in the air!
-- KP3BRBack