WAE DX Contest, CW
Call: NN3W
Operator(s): NN3W
Station: N3HBX
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 27
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 33 10 15
40: 345 430 40
20: 612 626 51
15: 609 569 43
10: 53 0 14
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Total: 1652 1635 396 Total Score = 1,301,652
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Thanks to John Evans N3HBX for letting me use the Poolesville station for this
event.
Part time effort as I had a birthday party to attend on Saturday. This was my
first time in the driver's seat for a major CW test in about 6 months so I felt
very, very out of practice at first.
I hear 80 and 40 were decent on Friday night; I thought 40 was decent and 80
was HORRENDOUS on Saturday night.
Because I missed a lot of time early, I basically had to op straight through
the night - something I've not done in WAE before. In previous years, 20 was
basically dead from about 0200z on. This year, there was always something to
work on the band - just not the density. Id rather have 20 meters at 1300z,
but really only got one shot at it.
I listened around on 15 meters the prior Tuesday and was surprised to hear EU
stations on at 1800z. 15 sure stayed open later than I am used to - a nice
change.
Quite an impressive e-skip opening around 1345z into central Europe on 10
meters. Worked a flurry of EUs in about a 30 minute window that netted 13
countries and 50+ QSOs. Around 1830z, RL3A and UA2FL were spotted on 10. I
figured it was skew path and direct path for the Russians into South America.
Couldn't hear UA2FL but did hear RL3A about S3. Took a good 5 to 7 minutes of
off and on calling with multiple beam headings and multiple variations on the
stack and the 7 element at 195' before he heard me.
Wish I had that extra 9 hours to operate...Score might have broken past 2,000
QSOs. Oh well.
See you in the next one.
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