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===== 2024 =====
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N3DMV	W3	2024	SO LOW ALL (C)	73,470	181	47	111	11.5	

//Work in progress.. will show exceptional contacts and write about experience//

Pretty leisurely affair. I worked for two or three hour periods at random times as allowed by family. Most work was done in the early mornings and in the afternoons. All hunting. I tried calling CQ a few times on different bands but didn't have the patience for more than five minutes - no one was calling.  I have a feeling that the bulk of my DX was with big gun stations having huge and high antenna arrays.  

So many islands on 40m, to include some I didn't have: Bonaire, Curacao, Turks/Caicos, Cayman, St. Kitts/Nevis, Antigua/Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, T&T, Montserrat, etc.\\

And then this beauty:
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//40m to Hawaii is amazing to me. I almost didn't call, as I thought it was impossible!//


Some other interesting connections on 40m:\\
Mexico, Honduras, Columbia, Portugal, Spain, Cape Verde

20m and 15m was awesome.  Many many European countries and a few Oceana/AU. 

10m was a bust for me.  I couldn't get out at all on the horizontal random wire, but heard everything which made it hurt more. When I put up the vertical, the noise was extremely high. One morning, a few days before the contest, I checked on several WebSDR stations, around the world, and I was making it pretty much every where with that vertical.. real shame about the noise. I only managed a few contacts to EU Russia, one to Latvia, Mexico, Belgium, Italy.  Maybe ten total for 10m. :(

 ====RAW====
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CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB\\
CALLSIGN: N3DMV\\
LOCATION: FM18KA\\
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP\\
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED\\
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE\\
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW\\
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED\\
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL\\
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB\\
CATEGORY-TIME: 24-HOURS\\
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: CLASSIC\\
CLAIMED-SCORE: 74892\\
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===== 2023 =====
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<code>
Call	Year	QTH	Zn	Category	Score	QSOs	Zn	Cty	Hours
KC3NLT	2023	W3	5	SO LOW ALL (C)	5,238	46	23	31	3.9 
</code>
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