CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: YN2Z
Operator(s): K9ZO
Station: YN2N
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Granada, NICARAGUA
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 141 12 33
80: 290 19 46
40: 1045 21 83
20: 1352 24 72
15: 838 16 37
10: 7 4 6
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Total: 3673 96 277 Total Score = 3,053,378
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
YN2Z
Tribander at 60 ft. Wires. FT950.
Rural location. Chickens, roosters, dogs, cats, boom boxes. Excellent,
healthy meals.
I was pretty tired before the contest started due to making 3600 contacts
during the week so I took lots of short naps during the contest. Often I wasn't
able to find a band which produced contacts, so I got up and stretched or took a
nap. I wasn't able to hold a frequency during the first 3 hours, but things
picked up a bit and I ended up with about 2400 contacts the first day. Good
short runs at times, but only with 2 point USA stations. DX contacts were
spotty and the bands never seemed to open well to Europe or Japan.
The second day was similar to the first. I couldn't penetrate all the QRM on
the low bands and did not hold a frequency much. A lot fewer runs to the USA
during daylight on 15/20. At times when I expected Europe, there was mostly
USA. Spent time S&P and had a hard time getting through to the far away DX.
The most difficult times seemed to be when the bands were in transition.
The third opening on 40 meters as darkness descended at the end of the contest
produced a good number of Europeans and was the only time when CQs resulted in
contacts on the low bands.
In all, it was a very successful trip and it had been many, many years since I
had been on the DX side of CQWWCW. I traveled very, very lightly, with only T
shirts, shorts, and bare feet, but returned to the reality of a winter
snowstorm at home.
K9ZO
Ralph
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