CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K5NA
Operator(s): K5NA
Station: K5NA
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: Texas
Operating Time (hrs): 41
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 122 26 88
80: 205 31 119
40: 329 39 141
20: 279 37 144
15: 286 35 138
10: 97 22 64
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Total: 1318 190 694 Total Score = 3,234,556
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
I spent the weekend DXing. My goal was to work as many multipliers as I could.
When chasing multipliers slowed down, I would go through bandmaps calling
people. I only CQed a few times all weekend and rarely more than for 10 minutes
at a time. I would always leave the frequency to chase another mult that would
pop up.
I can typically do this for 45-46 hours in the chair for the CQWW. But I had
some underground antenna feedline failures and spent all-day Friday testing,
trouble-shooting, replacing, and putting coax connectors on back-up coax for
the problems. So I missed getting my Friday nap before the contest.
As a result I was suffering serious sleep deprivation by 0500Z the second
night. I had managed a 45 minute nap in the chair the first night about 1100Z,
but that wasn't enough. The second night I kept waking up with either my hands
or my head laying on the keyboard with the data entry area full of repeating
characters. And I wasn't functioning well or making good decisions. That
convinced me I needed some serious rest and I went to bed for about 6 hours.
80 and 160M were outstanding with big signals from all over the world. I would
have done better on those bands if I hadn't slept the second night. Over 90
percent of my mults there were accomplished on the first night. This is the
most 80 and 160M countries that I have ever worked in a weekend. But I don't
think I would have broken 100 countries on 160M even if I hadn't slept. But I
might have come close.
This hasn't been a good fall for me in radio contests because there have been a
lot of personal distractions. I will try to do better next year.
As always, this contest is a lot of fun.
73, Richard - K5NA
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