CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: K5FUV
Operator(s): K5FUV
Station: K5FUV
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: AR
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 16 4 7
80: 76 17 38
40: 106 18 45
20: 171 20 52
15: 192 21 56
10: 13 3 3
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Total: 574 83 201 Total Score = 441,620
Club:
Comments:
FTdx101, Hexbeam, 40 vert, 80m vert, 160 dipole, one end at 50ft, the other at
10ft, sags in middle, YCCC receive antenna system
The low score is more indicative of operator motivation than anything else. 15
Meters wasn't open to JA at the start of the contest, not enough smash to bust
20 meter pileups to anywhere else, and 80 and 40 were less than expected on
Friday night. 80 was also less than expected on Saturday morning, no JA there
either, usually a bunch. 20 meters was OK, was able to run early, improvement
from recent years. But many of the usual suspects were MIA. Missed a lot of the
Italian Multi-ops, not much from DXpeditions this year, so my own motivation was
down.
One of the things I wanted to do was to test the YCCC receive array. I only have
5 of the 9 verticals up, but that covers all the directions I need from here. It
was a large improvement. I found a whole nuther layer of stations in Europe that
can't hear me. But they're out there. Worked LA and SM in the last hour on 80, a
first for me during a contest.
10meters was less than expected. If 15 and 20 weren't so good, I might have
spent more time there, but still, need the big EU openings to make it
worthwhile.
Spent most of Sunday afternoon doing other things than radio, that cut into my
QSO numbers. But expectations for next year are definitely higher, as we're now
seeing a taste of a new sunspot cycle.
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