CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: E51YAQ
Operator(s): W7YAQ, N7OU
Station: E51YAQ
Class: M/S LP
QTH: RAROTONGA SOUTH COOK
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 1 1 1
80: 235 14 14
40: 1228 31 72
20: 402 28 43
15: 1090 25 45
10: 341 21 24
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Total: 3297 120 199 Total Score = 3,090,472
Club: Willamette Valley DX Club
Comments:
This was a lightweight operation from Rarotonga. R5, HF6V, and 40M verticals
on the beach at the KiiKii Motel with water exposure NW to SE.
For us this was mainly a US/Japan contest as very little in the way of EU
openings that would benefit us. Continent breakdown shows this with only 4%
EU.
And of course our multiplier count suffered. 90 DXCC countries worked (missed
easy ones like LA, SM) and 34 zones (missed 2, 22, 36, 37, 39, 40).
Asia 27.4%
Oceania 3.1%
North America 62.8%
South America 2.2%
Europe 4.0%
Africa 0.5%
10 meters was a pleasant surprise, including a call by TZ5A 8 minutes into the
contest! 40 and 15 carried the load for us, but for some reason 20 meters here
is like a black hole, with only very brief runs possible.
The E51 prefix really sucks when trying to do S&P! I don't think we had anyone
come right back with our correct call on the first call. Most thought we were
ES1 and pointed their beams toward Europe, never to return. Some S&P contacts
actually took more than 5 minutes to complete! We longed for the old ZK1
prefix during these periods of frustration!
Anyway, all in all it was great fun from a great QTH.
73 and thanks for the QSOs!
Bob W7YAQ
Bill N7OU
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