CQWW WPX Contest, CW - 2023
Call: KM4SII
Operator(s): KM4SII
Station: KM4SII
Class: SOAB LP
Class Overlay: Youth
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 35
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 12
40: 449
20: 446
15: 400
10: 30
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Total: 1337 Prefixes = 640 Total Score = 2,549,760
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
It's good to be back! This was my first major contest in quite a while... I
believe WPX CW last year was my last "full-48" effort. College does
indeed put a damper on contesting BIC time.
As usual, this was a SO1R effort with simple wire antennas from my home QTH in
North Carolina. However, this time I was actually sitting in the same room as
the radio instead of remote from college in Alabama.
The majority of my time was spent searching and pouncing as this time I decided
to prioritize working high-point DX QSOs over rate. I would estimate that only
about a fourth of my QSOs resulted from running. As always, it was enjoyable
keeping an eye on the competition on the online scoreboard. If you haven't used
the online scoreboard before, I would definitely recommend it!
80m was lackluster as expected. I was struggling to get the attention of the few
EUs that were making it through the noise, so I quickly retreated back to 40m
which was in much better shape. 40m provided a steady stream of 6-pointers out
of EU that really boosted my score. Absorbtion made 20m a domestic band until
the afternoon, but it remained open through the night with EU being workable
until about 0830z on both nights. I was surprised to find many loud EUs on 15m
in the 05z hour on night one, but there would be no repeat performance on night
two. The JAs were also quite loud on 15m around 15/16z and 00z on Saturday, but
I did not log any JAs on other bands. 10m produced a few weak EU QSOs, but for
the most part I was only hearing the usual CN/EA8/CT3 and South American
suspects.
It was nice to be able to catch KH8W with minimal pileups before they were
spotted. I was hoping to be able to work V85RH as well, but unfortunately, he
was nowhere near as loud as he was in ARRL DX CW.
All-in-all, WPX was a success with the sun behaving this time around. I was able
to set a new personal best in this contest, surpassing my score from last year
by a comfortable margin. The only things that hampered me this weekend were my
poor CW skills and my awful suffix. I will be hearing "SII SII S I I S
I I" in my sleep. Too many dits!
Thanks for the QSOs and see you in the next one... whenever that may end up
being :)
73
Mason - KM4SII
Rig: Flex 6300
Antennas:
80: 80m dipole sloping from 70 to 40 ft
40: 40m dipole sloping from 70 to 50 ft
20: 20m delta loop at 60 ft
15: 40m dipole sloping from 70 to 50 ft
10: 20m delta loop at 60 ft
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