CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K2UA
Operator(s): K2UA
Station: K2UA
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: WNY
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 32 8 21
80: 166 17 63
40: 478 30 99
20: 415 34 103
15: 667 33 107
10: 713 28 102
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Total: 2471 150 495 Total Score = 4,501,455
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
It was an interesting weekend . . . like the old Chinese proverb. I lost
commercial power for three hours starting around 2100Z Saturday, *just* after
sunset, and for no apparent reason. (This couldn't have happened a week earlier
during the ice storm, right?) The power loss was most unwelcome. Not that I was
on a record pace or anything--but I'm fairly confident that it would have been a
top-ten effort. Instead it's going to be, like, 17th claimed.
Conditions, especially Saturday, were less than wonderful--but not quite as bad
as CQWW SSB. We had poor JA openings Friday night (dunno about Saturday). That
was a shame, since I rely on those openings. Runs were good; my best hour was
177 shortly after 10 opened on Saturday, which is just about normal. But run
periods were shorter than the past few years on the high bands, as expected.
Twenty was in purgatory almost all weekend; it was a no-show from here for
sunrise in Europe, which is usually one of the best times to be on the band. I
learned some things about finding mults--that's probably the best thing to come
from this weekend from my perspective. The new 80-meter antenna works very well;
it was worth the effort (and some more over the winter to improve the ground
system).
I sure enjoyed all the multipliers--it was stunning how much stuff was on the
air! THIS CONTEST NEEDS TO BE PERMANENTLY MOVED FROM THANKSGIVING WEEKEND! CQ,
are you listening?!
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