CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: WU3A
Operator(s): W3UA
Station: W3UA
Class: SOSB40 HP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 29
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 1508
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 6235 Prefixes = 811 Total Score = 5,056,585
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Two factors made impossible for me to take part in this contest in my beloved
"Assisted Living" category -- unbearable noise rendering the high bands totally
unusable, and certain unavoidable family needs, which blocked my daylight hours.
So I decided on a night band -- 40 meters -- and I glad I did! Several firsts --
first "spotless" contest in many years... I decided to try it an "good old way"
-- and I should tell -- it was fun. Since I could hold my frequency all the
time, and with virtually unlimited supply of multipliers, there were absolutely
no reason to seek for QSOs in S&P. I made less than 20 Qs searching -- and it
was fun without a backup -- just like old good times.
Overall, I had a lot of fun... well forgotten feeling. Splatter level on 40 was
so high, it completely covered the power line noise -- and thus I was on the par
with other guys. I didn't do split at all -- expansion of the 40 meter phone
band for both us and the rest of the world made split absolutely unnecessary.
Now I can only hope National Grid fixes the power line before the WPX CW, and I
get back to my Bandmap and skimmer... No matter what, I like spots ;)
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