WAE DX Contest, CW
Call: NA8V
Operator(s): NA8V
Station: NA8V
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: mi
Operating Time (hrs): 35:45
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 47 23
40: 229 41
20: 459 46
15: 93 34
10: 20 13
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Total: 848 847 401 Total Score = 684,106
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Another fun WAE. It was certainly great to have condx perk up for a contest
weekend.
Lots of QRN here, especially the first night on the low bands from nearby
storms. Never could get going on 80, had trouble hearing and it seemed I
wasn't being heard well either. Our T-storm finally cruised thru about 4am
while I was off. the 2nd night was noisy early but it tapered off later in the
opening, along with the rate.
My strategy was to take 2 offtimes for sleep. That seemed to fit with condx
the first day, but when i got up and got on the air Sunday morning I was
shocked to find 15 wide open and also loud signals on 10. I may have got to
the party a few minutes late, but not too much. After my adrenalin slowed
down, I realized I was working pretty much just the big stations. the opening
didn't last long, wasn't really runnable and wasn't "deep" - but it
did provide some hope that the high bands might blow open again at any moment.
If I had gotten on an hour earlier and taken an hour off midday, might have done
a *little* better. 20/20 hindsight.
Probably the best use of the rbn that I've done. Of course, it was frustrating
- half the spots I couldn't hear and most of the ones I could were sending QTC.
Of course, if I had immediately worked those stations it would have gotten that
much slower that much more quickly. Always a tradeoff.
Hats off to the EU ops for gobbling up the QTCs and to the DARC for a nice
party.
greg/na8v
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