CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: N7WA
Operator(s): N7WA
Station: N7WA
Class: SOSB20 LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 27
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20: 522
15:
10:
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Total: 522 Prefixes = 290 Total Score = 210,830
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Comments:
Illness caught on the return trip from Dayton changed this from a planned All
Bander to a 20M Single Band effort... and I'm glad I did as I didn't think band
conditions were very good (at least 20M S/B let's me sleep at night).
At times, Europe seemed workable at this end but it wasn't reciprocal with nary
a QRZ? from many of the big guns there. Made me want to turn on the amp. There
were no runs into Japan and the few that I found seemed to have a hard time
hearing me. Oceania, however, seemed well represented this year and easily
worked. Even calling stations in the USA seemed tough at times. I felt weak all
weekend long and I'm not talking the flu. :>)
Another symptom was the "unheard QRM". I would be working a frequency for a
long time, then all the sudden there are stations answering unheard stations
underneath me (and both seemingly oblivious to my presence). Rathering
confusing at times. I also thought it odd that I found no pileups this
weekend on 20M.
On the plus side, I got to practice my SO2R techniques a whole bunch (albeit on
a single band) and played with some 250Hz filters brought home from Dayton. I
even did a couple submissions to the RealTime Scoreboard (built into N1MM)
though it's a bit less spontaneous with dial-up. :>).
So, after banging my head until about 1PM local, I decided to quit early and
took the grandkid to see Spidey-3. I think it was a good decision. :>)
Hear me Sol..... UNCLE! I give. Bring back some spots.
73
dink
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