CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: N2MM
Operator(s): N2MM
Station: N2MM
Class: SOSB20 HP
QTH: Shamong, NJ
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20: 1313
15:
10:
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Total: 1313 Prefixes = 647 Total Score = 1,678,318
Club:
Comments:
What else can be said....a frustrating, but interesting contest. Saturday AM,
20m opened late to EU and a very short opening at best; mostly southern Europe.
Things improved later in the afternoon. Antenna was pointed East to europe
(scatter path?)As if someone turned on the switch, signals became loud from all
over and it didn't seem to matter where the antena was! Lost an hour Saturday
night due to thunderstorms, but EU and VK/ZL were still coming through almost
midnight local time...
Sunday AM, the band was open to Europe at 5AM, but it was mostly one way (the
wrong way) propagation. Very Frustrating...Throughout the day, very slow.
Around 2000z, the band beceame really runnable, again peaking from the East.
Some of the more exotic prefixes called in; i.e. EX, UP1, etc. Of course the
band became very crowded all the way up to 14100!. A45WD was loud and all alone
at 14085!
No Southeast ASIA, only 2 JA, and very few SA! There were more Africn stations
than JA and SA combined. Some intersting Africans that called were 7Q7, J2, CN,
ZS, 3X, etc.
I want to thank my surgeon for enabling me to put in a full time effort for
this contest. After a minor procedure Friday morning, he gave me strict orders
not to do any heavy work or lifting.I was to take it very easy!!!Unfortunately,
that meant that the the grass, now almost 2- feet high could not be cut! Oh
well, there is always next Saturday. ( Did I hear rain in the forecast?)
Station....
IC 756 PRO
Alpha 78 amplifier
204BA @ 90 feet
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