CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: N5AW
Operator(s): N5AW
Station: N5AW
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 42 13 22
80: 134 24 69
40: 424 35 110
20: 584 34 125
15: 140 24 58
10: 5 5 4
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Total: 1329 135 388 Total Score = 1,878,616
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
After missing CQWW SSB this year I really was looking forward to CW. Despite the
worst conditions on ten meters in the 20+ years Iâ??ve made a serious effort in
this contest it was still a great week end.
The â??Goodâ??: Second highest total QSOs ever â?? only eclipsed by 2002â??s
sunspot maximum. Working 100 countries on 40 meters for the second time and
doing it in twelve hours! New CQWW personal records for QSOs, countries and
zones on 40 and QSOs and countries on 20. New beverages that helped me copy
lots of weak signals on the low bands.
The â??Badâ??: Lowest totals on 10 meters since 1986. Static on 160 spoiling
what sounded to be a great opening to Europe the second evening. Missing HC8N
on ten when everyone else seems to have worked them â?? would have been my only
six bander. New beverages that let me hear even more DX on 80 and 160 that I
couldnâ??t work.
The â??Uglyâ??: DX stations not giving their calls. Guys who keep calling after
the DX station has come back to someone. All the US stations answering my
CQâ??s, especially when I was trying to run Europe. One guy even duped me
(Iâ??m sure this is an even bigger problem for the â??big gunsâ??).
Missed zones 21, 22, 23, 26, and 34 not only on 40 but the other bands as well.
Heard 21, 22 and 26 on 40 but really only had shot at working 22.
Radios: K3 and Orion.
Antennas: 10/15/20: 3L SteppIR @ 134â??, 4L SteppIR @ 75â??, Th3jr fixed SE @
40â??, Stacked C3â??s (2L) @ 101â?? and 80â?? fixed NE. 40: Moxon @ 137â??,
Lazy H between two towers @ ~120â?? pointed NW-SE. 80: Array of 5 sloping
dipoles from 134â?? tower. 160: 6 elevated radials on 137â?? tower. Receiving:
840â?? beverage NE, 530â?? beverage NW.
Continent List N5AW 2008 CQWW CW
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
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USA calls = 2 3 14 26 1 2 48
VE calls = 12 9 23 48 16 0 108
N.A. calls = 13 23 38 48 22 0 144
S.A. calls = 4 9 37 47 44 3 144
Euro calls = 2 59 158 305 14 0 538
Afrc calls = 1 7 16 21 13 0 58
Asia calls = 2 4 16 18 0 0 40
JA calls = 3 11 100 56 11 0 181
Ocen calls = 3 9 22 15 19 0 68
Total calls = 42 134 424 584 140 5 1329
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