CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K3ZO
Operator(s): K3ZO
Station: K3ZO
Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 38
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 41 12 27
80: 337 20 74
40: 460 29 100
20: 533 32 100
15: 624 25 90
10: 598 26 100
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Total: 2593 144 491 Total Score = 4,693,285
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
I spent a little less than my normal operating time in this one.
For a Wisconsin native like myself, there was a very important
football game being telecast late Sunday afternoon and a local
station was carrying the game so there was no way I was going to
miss seeing it.
Thanks to a visit by Mike, W3MC, earlier in the week, all three
antenna problems I had were repaired, and I had the use of my
European 160-meter EWE for the first time in months, so I pigged
out on 160 meters a little more than is customary. It sure was
nice to be able to hear the targets through the pile-ups of W's
for the first time in a long time. In fact I think with the new
WX0B transformer Mike has the EWE playing better than it ever did
before.
The dry, windy day Saturday caused 10 meters to be bothered some by
line noise that day, as was 15 meters beaming Asia. Other than that,
no complaints about local conditions. On Sunday however there were
no such problems.
As far as radio conditions were concerned, the contest began with
disturbed conditions which actually seem to have enhanced 80 meters
at the beginning of the contest. I found running on 40 to Europe to
be not as easy as usual so I probably did more S&P than usual during
the hours of darkness, which didn't hurt the multiplier total at all.
QSOs however would have been down even if I had put in my usual 41/42
hour effort.
Probably more a sign of diminishing solar flux levels than temporary
disturbances, it was rather a shock both days to find 20 meters closing
so early to Eastern Europe. In order to be sure of getting all possible
20 meter mults from now on it will be necessary to catch 20 in the
mornings the minute it opens before going on up to 15 and 10. No more
skipping directly from 40 to 15 or 10 as I have become accustomed to doing
in recent years.
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