CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: SE0X
Operator(s): SM0MDG
Station: SE0X
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Stockholm
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 826 State/Prov = 3 Countries = 50 Total Score = 222,759
Club:
Comments:
I decided to try low power in CQ160 CW for the first time. I didn't know what to
expect, but was prepared to spend lot of time with S&P in the QRM.
To my surprise I hit off running with a nice pace on Friday evening, but then
everything slowed down on Saturday. The rate was miserable and all hope of a
respectable score went out the window. But something happened Saturday evening
at 2100 when the band woke up again, and during the following two hours I was
able to catch up everything lost during the day. I was again ahead of my plan
and was feeling great. Then at midnight it all came to a halt and Sunday was
tremendously slow. I guess by then I had already worked most of the stations
that I could reach with my low power setup, and the only action on Sunday where
casual contesters and a few DX. The only joy on Sunday where a few needed
multipliers found through S&P.
I didn't expect to log much DX, but to my surprise I did work some nice ones
including JA, FM, and a very few NA. The most memorable contacts where logging
EY8MM using only 10 watts (SM power restriction above 1850 kHz) and breaking
through a dense pileup of HP stations fighting to get through to AB65BP (thats
a guy with good ears).
The result is just a few points below the current SM record (well 4k below). I
worked more contacts but came in a little low on multipliers. With most of
active EU countries covered, the difference would be to snag a few more states.
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