CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: AT5R
Operator(s): VU2PTT VU2NKS VU2CDP VU2SGW VU2WE
Station: AT5R
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Rangaon beach,MK69ji
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 255
20: 369
15: 869
10: 246
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Total: 1739 Prefixes = 765 Total Score = 4,046,850
Club: VU Contest Group
Comments:
We planned this operation to test out a field location for probable future
contest use and also to bring in newcomers who haven't been exposed to the
rigours of 48 hr, multi-op contesting.
Antennas were VDAs for 20,15,10m and a 1/4 wave vertical with elevated radials
installed near the high-tide mark. Radios were two K3s with 400w out from
KPA-500 amps powered off a 5KVA diesel generator; switching was via a KK1L
band-decoder. Everything worked well.
Propagation was rather average. The NA opening experienced on 15m at local
evening was absent on Sunday. 20m didn't yield much and was rather noisy most
of the time. We even experienced some crazy one way propagation on 20m with s9
signals who CQed in our face but couldn't hear us. Few hours later they dropped
to near s0 but went in the log with one call! We got some unsolicited remarks
about being loud. Weird.
10m didn't open to NA and not many signals from EU. But we did work some SA
which helped. 40m showed some early promise but i guess WPX SSB isn't
everybody's favourite contest. By Sunday evening, we didn't have many left to
work.
Condx aside, it was a good experience as we operated at will and did not follow
any operating schedule. A more relaxed environment makes operating fun. We
thought we had a remote location but it turned out that the place sees enough
people on a weekend. We had many locals come and inquire about our goings-on
but not everyone seemed to grasp what we conveyed. We all had a good laugh
about it post contest.
Thanks for the calls.
73 de Deepak VU2CDP
PS: QSL only via LOTW and EQSL.
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