CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: P40A
Operator(s): KK9A
Station: P40A
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 194
40: 730
20: 1813
15: 1441
10: 4
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Total: 4182 Prefixes = 1064 Total Score = 16,000,000
Club:
Comments:
The WPX Phone contest is a lot of fun and since I had not participated in it
since 2005, I was especially excited about the event. I started on 20m where I
made 94 QSOs in 40 minutes before the band started to close. I then switched to
40m and the rates were slow, about 75 QSOs per hour, for the following 2 1/2
hours. Later that night it picked up a little until the early morning when I
took my first off time. I really was not tired so I watched TV and had a small
snack. On Saturday morning conditions were good into Europe on 15m and 20m and
in the afternoon I had a fantastic opening into the US on these bands along with
another great opening into Europe on 20m. My best rate was on Saturday
afternoon on 15m where I made 238 QSOs in 60 minutes. During the second night,
low band conditions seemed better and I wish I had used up more of my off time
on the previous night. I took about eight hours off on the second night and I
made a spaghetti dinner and had some local Balashi beer. I slept pretty well.
When I awoke the sun was out and 20m was again in very good shape and shortly
later 15m opened. I alternated between the two bands until the last 20
minutes when I switched to 40m. I spent some time hunting for multipliers on
the second radio, especially on Sunday, and I had my highest multiplier total
ever. My QSO total was down from previous years, but that was expected at the
bottom of the sun spot cycle. I did make many more double point low band
contacts than usual which really boosted my points. When the contest ended I
was surprised to see that I had broken the record that ZD88V held since 1993.
I would like to thank everyone for the QSOs. Please QSL via WD9DZV.
73,
John KK9A
john@p40a.com
Antenna picture on http://www.qrz.com/p40a
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