CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W8QZA
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 31.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 0 0 0
80: 5 3 5
40: 16 4 4
20: 50 22 36
15: 147 25 63
10: 245 27 70
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Total: 463 81 178 Total Score = 336,700
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
Radio: Elecraft K-2, 5 Watts
Antennas:
3 el SteppIR up 10 Meters (32 Feet) for 10-15-20 M
Butternut HF-2V for 40-80
Inverted L for 160 ...No Qs!
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Well, no one can complain about conditions this year!! When I think that just a
few years ago, I operated through more than one major contest without one single
European QSO in my log, the difference now is amazing.
Being a QRP op, I generally start my S & P at the top of the band where it is
less crowded. At one half hour after my sunrise on Saturday I was amazed to
find European station all over 10 Meters. So I started at 28550 and began
tuning up looking for the top ....higher and higher!! I finally got to the end
at about 29015!! And I worked my first European from out here on the west coast
at about 28985! It took over an hour to work my way down the band just calling
the strong stations.
At 71 years old, I decided that I would get 5 hours of sleep a night. I figured
the few Qs I make on the lower bands between midnight and 5 AM with my antenna
system just didn't add enough to my score to even move me up one position. And
I sure felt a lot better on Sunday!
I worked 89 countries total, so I still have never worked DXCC in a single
contest from my home station. My zone total was only 30. Congratulations to my
longtime friend Phil, N0KE, who worked all 40 zones in this contest for the
first time from his fine contest station in western Colorado!!
I had finally got a 160 M antenna for my small city lot that seemed to work. I
had worked T32C on 160 CW, SSB, and RTTY and I was looking forward to this
contest for adding an XE, KH6, VE and maybe Zone 4 or KL7 to my 160 contest
log. But I didn't get even one Q logged on 160! Argh!!!!
Well I'm looking forward to the CW weekend which I will do from home this year.
See you all then! (...and maybe I'll even get a 160 M Q in my log!)
73, Bill W8QZA / W6QU
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