CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2022
Call: K5GO
Operator(s): K5GO
Station: K5GO
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: Arkansas
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 0 0 0
80: 0 0 0
40: 125 32 107
20: 115 34 109
15: 174 31 118
10: 144 29 93
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Total: 558 126 427 Total Score = 848,855
Club:
Comments:
I was in a bad mood wishing I was ZF9CW this week instead of K5GO. Although I
have antennas at home, the line noise level is high and I rarely get on the
radio except when I am on Cayman Brac. I took a quick look at my radio station
and didn’t have the radio connected to the computer, didn’t have a DIN/RCA
cable to key the amplifier, and only had a paddle plugged into the radio.
Anyway, I could still do as planned and listen to N5DX and work ZF2SS, operating
from my place, on 4 bands.
Was working on something in the garage and accidentally found a DIN/RCA cable
for my TS-590SG in the tool box where the drill bit I was looking for should
have been. Then I began searching and found a Winkeyer a coax to go from the
radio to the amplifier and a printer cable for the radio to the computer. I
updated N1MM and made everything work. The bad mood went away and I knew I
could at least click on spots I could hear and do something. This is the BIG
ONE and I didn’t want to only watch.
My initial goal was to work 100 countries on the bands where I had antennas. A
round of golf in really cold weather messed that up on Sunday morning so I
missed my 100 on 10m.
I was particularly amazed at how well my coil-loaded, rotatable dipole worked on
40m. I broke some decent pileups to far away places. One of the highlights was
working VR2 long path on 10m early Sunday morning. He was very strong and I was
expecting to hear a bunch of juicy SE Asia multipliers but he is the only one
spotted and a few CQ’s didn’t raise anyone. The most important highlight was
watching Kevin’s (N5DX) performance. There are no words to describe how proud
I am of his accomplishment.
73…. Stan, ZF9CW err K5GO
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