CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: K4CZ
Operator(s): K4CZ
Station: K4CZ
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: Durham, NC
Operating Time (hrs): 19.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 10
40: 152
20: 436
15: 48
10: 1
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Total: 647 Prefixes = 375 Total Score = 568,500
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
I only planned to participate for a few hours but relatively good propagation
allowed me to reach my initial goal (200 Qs) much faster than expected. I
reset the goal to 100,000 points and then to 250,000 points and then to 500 Qs
and then to 500,000 points. Before I knew it, my "few hours" became 19+
hours...but I enjoyed (almost) every minute!
The WPX contests are great for a "little pistol" station like mine as you can
work some interesting DX yet still be able to spend some time "running" since
you can work K/VE stations (albeit for only 1 point). The highlight was
getting called by 7Q7WW (Malawi) during one of my 20m runs. Unfortunately, I
was completely befuddled by the callsign when I first head it. About 3 repeats
later, I added #217 to my DXCC totals. Later in the contest, while S&Ping, I
added #218 by working A73A (Qatar).
During 2007 (my first year operating in run-mode during major CW contests), my
average run rate was 40-50/hour. This weekend, my average run rate was 66/hour
and my slowest run was 53/hour. Almost 40% of my Qs were in runs with 10+ Qs.
The K/VE callsigns have gotten easier to copy but many DX callsigns are still a
challenge (e.g. 5P7Y, SE2T, HB0/G0RZJ). Although I still have a long way to go,
I'm excited that my CW skills continue to improve.
Thanks for the Qs... especially to all the ops who were patient during fill
requests and/or were willing to QRS when they heard my keyer at 24-28 wpm.
73, Barry K4CZ
Rig: Kenwood TS-930 w/ Piexx board, Ameritron AL-80B
Antenna: Force 12 C-4 @ 50' for 40-10m; Marconi-T for 160-80m
Software: N1MM
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