CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: 9M2CNC
Operator(s): G4ZFE
Station: 9M2RPN
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Kuala Lumpur
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 0 0 0
80: 81 20 37
40: 669 32 88
20: 629 33 91
15: 1032 29 90
10: 74 17 37
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Total: 2485 131 343 Total Score = 2,835,942
Club: VKCC
Comments:
Station: IC-756 Pro I, IC-PW1, 400W output
Force 12 C3-S at 12m
40m Inv V at 12m
80m Inv V at 12m
A great weekend of radio. Despite the WWV numbers there were some great band
openings and I spent more time than usual hunting mults/DXing. As ever CQWW
exposes openings that are not seen during the rest of the year due to lower
activity e.g 599+ Carribean stations at 02:00 local time on an otherwise dead
20m band.
80m: my cloud warmer antenna wasn't really up to the job. Next year I will
switch to a vertical for LF and try and get a RX loop going. The contest QTH is
on public land with many people around so beverages etc are out as is a 160m
antenna.
40m: wow! The band was really quiet here as the tropical thunderstorms were not
around during the weekend (but back now!). The mostly QRN-free band allowed a
lot more QSOs to be made. Saldy the OTHR radar was about and took out sections
of the band at a time forcing me higher up in the band than I really wanted to
go.
20m: noisy here and I just couldn't get a good run going. With such marginal
condx a 2-ele beam at 12m is too low. The east cost North America over the pole
openings were shorter than usual and a number of the regular contest QSOs were
missed. As usual the last hour of the contest was fun on 20m with a good
opening to the US (W5/6/7/9/0) and the packet pileup certainly woke me up.
15m: despite the low SFI some good runs were had. It was good to work so many
JA stations.
10m: more like a VHF contest waiting for signals to rise in the QSB. It was so
frustrating hearing locals - 9M8YY and VK9AA - working Eu stations that I just
could not hear. Maybe a 2-ele at 12m doesn't cut the mustard on this band
either.
I particapted in Livescores and found it very helpful to keep myself in the
operating seat. I hope that more DX stations will join next year.
Livescores and the K5ZD audio streams are the future of contesting. I missed
K5ZD this year and I will miss comparing my signal with other S.E Asian
stations from his MP3s.
Thank you for all the QSOs.
73 de Rich, G4ZFE/9M2CNC/HS0ZGZ
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