CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: PS2T
Operator(s): PY2ZEA
Station: PS2T
Class: SOSB10 HP
QTH: Araraquara SP
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 484
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Total: 484 Prefixes = 263 Total Score = 309,814
Club: Araucaria DX Group
Comments:
After half a century of various contest experiences,
I wanted to try something new.
That was entering 10M monoband during a sunspot minimum,
with a miserable propagation forecast.
About 8000 CQs by F1 gave 400 Qs.The remaining 80 were by S&P.
First day 300 Qs, the second day 184 Qs.
Continent distribution:
NA 56 %
SA 30 %
EU 8 %
AF 3 %
OC 2 %
AS 1 %
Nothing from Russia and the ex-Soviet countries.
No JA, no VE, no DL.
Just EA CT F G EI SV I ZB2 9H from EU.
The short US "pile-up" with rates up to 80/hour
lasted from 19Z to 22Z
I screened the WPX SSB 10M results for past decades:
It seems that the propagation in 2017 was the worst since 1986.
The highlight of this contest was the five-star service provided
by my host Atilano, PY5EG, and his wife Marcia. This included
full breakfast, tasty lunch, and delicious dinner served with red wine.
The rig: Yaesu FT-2000 with amp, 1 kW
Ant: Two 6 el monoband yagis up 22m and 12m plus a SteppIR up 40m,
allowing simultaneous beaming in 3 directions.
73, Ville PY2ZEA OH2MM
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