CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K5AF
Operator(s): K5AF
Station: K5AF
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 20.0
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 5 4 4
80: 34 16 12
40: 144 52 19
20: 143 62 21
15: 183 68 24
10: 160 66 25
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Total: 669 268 105 Total Score = 653,869
Club:
Comments:
Can you believe these are the same bands that are empty of CW signals week after
week? I thought that the conditions for CW Sweepstakes were an anamoly, but I
realize that conditions are probably very good much of the time, we're just not
spending much time in the CW spectrum, unfortunately.
I was only able to make this a half-time effort due to some music commitments
that invariably seem to pop up during this weekend. I did want to test my
improved antennas and tuners, and was pleasantly surprised with the results.
I'm still stuck on this covenant-restricted lot, but have been able to tweak the
antennas a bit and was able to sustain a pretty balanced score on all bands.
The bands were just awesome. When I returned from my piano job on Friday night
at about 0700Z, I was amazed to find a 20M band loaded with strong EU signals,
and most were workable. I was also quite amazed at how early 15 and 10M opened
in the morning, a pleasant surprise!
Murphy didn't show his face this year. Everything worked better than expected,
and although I had to be persistent, there were only a few stations that I heard
that I didn't eventually work.
I'm looking forward to what I might do with the full 48 hours. Maybe next
year...
Paul
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