CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: W1MU
Operator(s): W1MU
Station: W1MU
Class: SOSB/40 LP
QTH: Maine
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40: 743 34 112
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 743 34 112 Total Score = 309,228
Club:
Comments:
This was fun. The highlights were many, but the best had to be late Sunday
afternoon when I was looking for a spot to call CQ. Tuning down from 7.050 I
found an open spot at 7.042. The contest was in its final hours and the only
thing I was really disappointed about was that had not worked TO4WW, and from
the pileup that was on him the prior evening I knew that if they showed up again
I would never get through with 100W. So just as I find an open spot at 7.042,
and as I am about to hit the CQ function key, TO4WW calls CQ right there. How
'bout that? Suffice to say that I got to work TO4WW. There were other
highlights as well, like working B4RF on Sunday morning, or getting KH2/K7KX to
come back to me, or tripping on SU9NC early Saturday evening. Band conditions
on Sunday morning were really something - with JA's bombing through over the
pole with signals so strong that they sounded like they were on long path.
There were legitimate S9++ signals from guys like JE1WZT, JA3YBK, JA5BJC, and
many others. The lowlights were few - such listening to 9V1YC calling CQ,
alone, and not being able to crack the noise on his end. I was disappointed at
the low number of QSOs I had with South American stations and have to find a way
to improve that next year. The station here was an ICOM 756ProII running 100W.
Primary antenna was a 40M3L monoband yagi from M2 at 85 feet and the backup was
an Optibeam OB2-40 at 70 feet, on separate towers. Software was Writelog with
the external W5XD/K5DJ Multi-keyer. My actual score will be lower, as there are
a few errors in the country file (e.g., VP8/LZ2UU was scored as Falklands, which
gave me a extra country). My final score will end up lower.
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