03/11/2009 | YW5W This ARRL Contest was very unusual for me, because this things:

My first contest with my brand-new special callsign.
My first Phone contest from 2 years ago (when I was active in ARRL's contest from 2001 to 2006).
My first ARRL contest on 40m SOSB ever.

Like all times, the USA pile-ups are the best.

My claimed score is:

QSOs: 1297 (with dupes)

Mults: 58 (missed only ND from USA; LB, NT, YT and NU from CANADA)

op time: 26h, 12min

Score: 222,546 points


Equipment:

TX: ICOM-775DSP

ANTENNA: 3 ELE MONOBAND YAGI @ 18m (around 60ft)

AMP: ICOM IC-4KL

SOFTWARE: Win-Test ver. 3.25.1

QTH: 4M5DX Station http://www.4m5dx.info


Tnx in advance, see you at next one! -- YV5TX