CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W8QZA
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 35.7
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 12
40: 47
20: 126
15: 98
10: 12
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Total: 295 Prefixes = 201 Total Score = 115,977
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
STATION W8QZA:
Radio: Elecraft K-2, 5 Watts.
Antennas:
10-15-20 Meters: 3 el Stepp-IR up 32 feet
40 Meters: DX-LB trap dipole up 30 feet
40-80 Meters: Butternut HF-2V Vertical with 3 radials
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So, just when it seemed conditions could not get worse, ...they did.
There was a point an hour or two after sunrise this AM where I tuned across 15
meters and not a signal to be heard.
10 M was restricted to 12 Qs Central and South America. And I worked hard to
get those.
15 M also allowed me to get into the Pacific region, but not a single JA! My
only Q to the east was D41CV. I never heard Europe.
20 M was very crowded by default, but I managed to get my only two Europeans
here: EI7M and CQ8M. I also managed a Zone 18 which is tough in good years. My
only Africa Qs were D4C and ED8W.
40 M got me 4 JAs and a couple VK-KH6
80 M yielded one KH6 and I was never able get a Q on 160, as usual.
My DXCC in this contest was the lowest ever at 39 (Normal 55-85) and WAZ was
also lowest at 21 (normal 24-31). My 295 Qs compares to 325 to 600 in the
past.
Last year, 63% of my Qs in this contest were off the continent, and this year
only 32% were off continent!
I had a number of Qs where ops could not get my serial number immediately, and
in the struggle that resulted I was never quite certain that they had logged
me. I couldn't hear the serial number on the next Q so I had to decide whether
to log it on not. QSB was so bad that I had a number of Qs where the op copied
my call easily but faded quickly and never got my serial number! One op
commented that it was like we were on 6 meters!
I did try CQing a few times and had the exhilarating experience of having one
station answer all my CQs!
Well, it's quite a challenge and I guess that's what keeps it from getting
boring ...ha! See you in the WPX CW!
Bill Parker W8QZA - W6QU
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