CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: VO2CQ
Operator(s): VO1MP
Station: VO2CQ
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: NL
Operating Time (hrs): 38
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 119 9 20
80: 394 16 65
40: 660 27 75
20: 668 33 98
15: 542 27 98
10: 649 25 92
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Total: 2942 137 448 Total Score = 4,244,760
Club: East Coast Canada Contest Club
Comments:
Many Thanks to Nazaire VO2NS and his wife Carol for their hospitality, and
HOWL for loaning their station. Unfortunately the -36 degrees Celsius ( -33F)
made outside conditions not exactly shirt sleeve weather hi! little Cool..
Lots of Local QRN s-6/s-8 , undoubtedly originating from the Carol Lake
Local Mining and industrial complex...... it made operating conditions a bit
of a challenge, having said
that for some inexplicable reason the noise completely disappeared on Saturday
and Sunday late afternoon this made copy of the weak ones and a lot of the
Pacific and Asian stations possible. However beaming to Europe and Asian I
had to point directly at the mining complex.. The noise I was hearing
Probably has something to do with equipment running at the site . In any
event that might have been academic had SOL not decided to Cooperate,
Conditions were as good as I have ever seen them from ZONE 2 ,
My last operation there was CQWWSSB in 2001 on the Labrador Coast, when an
overnight flare completely obliterated our Sunday Operation, so I knew going
in that you kind of pay yer money and take yer chances.As so many have
commented conditions were fantastic.
Ran the K3/KAT500/KPA500 through their paces. This combination affords a very
nice easily transportable 500-600 watt set up, was very pleased with how the
trio worked .. The new N1MM Logger prog worked well.... The Station set up
being in the near field of the antenna system did create some hiccups .. and
rebooting .. ..due to RF into the various interface and computer pieces.
Did a bit too much S&P however I feel that was necessitated by the quite
frequent struggle with QRN...
Without the noise the station is a different animal ... All antennas on one
50 foot tower ..
Cushcraft El 40 M
HYGain TH7
Wires on Low Bands
Fun and games managed to stay awake for 38 of the 48 ...
Thanks for all the Q's..
Hope to C'Y'all Soon
GLWCDR
73 Gus VO1MP/VO2CQ
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