CQ CW WPX SUMMARY SHEET
Callsign Used : WR3O Operator : WR3O Mode: CW
Category : Single Operator High Power NON-assisted
(maybe that Tribander & Wires class but I can't
find the rules for that at the moment...)
Team/Club : Tennessee Contest Group Equipment:
IC-761 & 75A-4
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Prefixes AL-811 ( 500w )
_____________________________________________________ TR-LOG 5.63
80CW 7 7 32 3 1/4 wave sloper at 70'
40CW 266 260 666 131 dipole at 98' (57A boom)
20CW 727 708 1098 362 PRO-57A tri-bander at 98'
15CW 47 46 94 22 " "
10CW 4 4 9 1 " "
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Totals 1051 1025 1899 519
Final Score = 985,581 points.
Soapbox Comments
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My first try at the WPX Contest. I had a good time despite the QRN.
This was the first DX contest that I actually enjoyed myself some,
probably because there was plenty of NA to work if the DX dried up.
Having a relatively rare prefix helped, as I was able to run Europe
for the first time (with plenty of NA mixed in...) Sunday featured
really bad thunderstorms, which limited my total operating time
to under 35 hours.
My goals were 1K QSO's and 1M points. Made the first goal, and it
was my first time to break 1000 Q's in a contest. Slightly
disappointed at not reaching 1 Meg (would've been another first),
and if the thunderstorms hadn't happenned, who knows??? Quite a few
zero point QSO's, but along with those come some nice prefixes too.
Anyway, it gives me something to shoot for in future contests.
Burned up the amp the thurs at midnight, and thought I was going to have
to enter the low power category. Managed to fix it hours before the
contest started. Thank goodness for my minimal skills & minimal junkbox.
(Fried a padding capacitor on the bandswitch position for 160 & 80...
turned out I really didn't need those bands anyway...)
Wow, what a Ham Radio week this has been. Dayton -> WPX. Talk about
a good infusion of radio! Sure was great to visit with some of you at
Dayton. (I was the guy with NO hair - a condition called alopecia.)
As usual, I am already looking forward to next year.
Thanks for the QSO's! 73, Kirk WR3O
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