CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: W3HKK
Operator(s): W3HKK
Station: W3HKK
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: CENTRAL OHIO
Operating Time (hrs): 29.4
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 61 13 28
80: 54 14 27
40: 206 29 76
20: 232 28 75
15: 159 19 60
10: 33 9 11
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Total: 745 112 277 Total Score = 801,340
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
W3HKK (since 1956) runs 800w into an all wire antenna farm. 2-el vertical
phased arrays are used on 40, 20, 15m. A 52' tall 1/4 wave INV-Ls are used on
160/80, with 26 x 65' radials deployed in winter. EQPT: IC 7610 - ACOM 1000 -
N1MM+ logger (which worked flawlessly, as usual.
Fri night was disappointing on the low bands due to many weak fluttery or watery
signals, and moderate QRN. 160m had limited European DX both nights (just 12
Euro countries in the log) I had been spoiled by recent 160 DX propagation.
This was a major fall off.
Sat morning after a nap I awoke and hit 160-80-40 from 6am on. Much improved
conditions and a good number of JAs VKs and ZLs. Not many Pacific islands
Around 9am I went to 20 and it was booming with signals. Had a field day
S&P'ing as high as 14.140 getting the soldiers standing alone. Then 15m got
into the fray. And around noon 10m opened to SA, the Carrib, and some
islands in the Atlantic. 20m showed its stuff again around 2100z with a wall
of JAs that had me feeling like I was mowing the (JA) grass. Now that was fun.
Signals werent blasting in but they were all light to moderate copy on my 2 el
vert phased array looking at Asia. Heard China but too weak to call or
inundated with callers. Many BY spots but not workable. Following 20's quick
closing after sunset, it was back to 160-80-40. 160 had improved a bit.
Steadier sigs. No QRN. A few more Euros. Best TB DX was LZ-5B-9K2.
Disappointing.
Sun morning at 5 am I again found 40 very productive into JA-VK-ZL, and my only
islands were 3D2 and KH6. 20M was terrific again as I moved up and down the
band adding Euros, Africans, and before SS, many more JAs, a BY, TA. TR, and
numerous other Africans.
Wkd the 5T5 on 80-15.4X on 40-20-15. TI on 6B. the 7Q on 40, ZL on 80-15.
And as the contest neared its end, I spent the final 12 minutes on 40 adding
three new mults.
So the contest started out poor, really settled down on Sat for nice openings
up thru 10m, and seemed to gain steam Sunday, with many Asians heard on 20 at
our SS.
The choice of six bands provided plenty of chances to work all continents, and
a steady diet of Euros. My top QSO countries were: VE(76)-JA(65)-DL(37).
Most QSO-BANDS: 20-40-15-160-80-10. Nice to hear some Euros on 10m Sunday
afternoon. But it came at a trade-off on 160m.
Great fun with new SS from the new SS cycle finally making their presence
felt.My decision to mine all the bands in S&P mode, aiming for mults was
fairly successful. In retrospect, I could have benefitted from some CQing.
altho my 2020 score is a solid 25% higher than my previous all-time cw score
in 2019.
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