CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: KS9K
Operator(s): N4TZ
Station: N4TZ/9
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: INDIANA
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 9
80: 71
40: 53
20: 241
15: 420
10: 712
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Total: 1506 Prefixes = 669 Total Score = 2,667,972
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
Interesting to see many of the East Coast crowd crowing
over the great conditions this contest weekend. From
here, it was definitely a mixed bag. The conditions
didn't seem as good as last year, since I couldn't find
as many people to call while searching and pouncing.
Therefore, I had no choice but to call CQ.....
I spent the same total amount of time on each of the
four lower bands, 160, 80, 40 and 20 meters, as last year,
but had fewer contacts on each of those bands.
I spent two hours less time on 15 with about the same
average hourly rate as last year. I used the two extra
hours Sunday on 10 meters, with substantially more time
spent CQing (because of the lack of prey for S&Ping).
As a result, I worked about 250 more Europeans on 10
than I did last year.
My best run occured 2300z Saturday to 0100z Sunday on
15 meters working a mix of JAs and west coast types.
JA activity heard here was way down on 10 meters after
the initial burst at the beginning of the contest
Friday night.
Sunday I was plagued with a constant S3 atmospheric
noise from all directions (most of the day) and on
all bands. The DSP in the rig helped some.
My score improved over last year for three reasons: more
contacts on 10 meters, which resulted in more prefixes.
Third, I worked about 20 percent fewer stateside
stations (I couldn't find any new ones to work in
my S&Ping), so the points per contact increased.
As a low power operator, it will be hard to say
farewell to 10 meters.
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