CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: CR2X
Operator(s): OH2UA
Station: CR2X
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Azores
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 281 14 60
80: 296 20 70
40: 941 30 94
20: 2173 36 117
15: 2369 37 113
10: 3095 34 111
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Total: 9355 171 565 Total Score = 15,545,056
Club:
Comments:
Never thought that I could be disappointed after claiming a new EU record with
over 9000Q's logged. But in propagation like what Mother Nature offered us
during the CQWW SSB weekend, my score just isn't enough. Somehow I totally
failed my multiplier. I knew that I was low on mults most of the time, but just
didn't find a way to push my multiplier to reasonable numbers. I was moving
every possible multiplier, tried to make skeds on low bands, beamed to Africa
and South-America and tried to get something going with 2nd radio. But nothing
helped.
I was well ahead of Jeff's EU record until midway of the contest, but a lot
worse propagation on Sunday made me end up with only a couple of percentage
advantage over Jeff's final score. So most likely I failed my chance to get the
record back to my name.
I was a lot of fun and what a thrill it was to start the contest on 20M with
over 300Q/h instead of fighting in 40M QRM. Never happened before in these
seven (!) years of operating from Azores. (Oh boy, time flies.)
One week after the contest we had bad news from Azores. Someone had broken into
the shack and stolen some stuff from the QTH. Before this we haven't had any
security issues, but from now on it's one thing more on our minds to worry on.
Thank you all for QSO's and congratulations to Ranko & Tonno @403A ;) for
making unbelievable score from Montenegro.
73 de Toni, OH2UA / CU2KI
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