CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2021
Call: K0ZR
Operator(s): K0ZR
Station: K0ZR
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 41:30
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 66 12 37
80: 376 17 69
40: 759 29 91
20: 692 31 104
15: 626 29 100
10: 73 18 30
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Total: 2592 136 431 Total Score = 4,161,780
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Wow! This was my most enjoyable contest experience of all time. Everything
worked as it should, my repairs and alterations over the past months worked
flawlessly, and I experienced some operational things I had never seen before.
I could go a few more hours.
Best experiences:
- getting back in the chair Sunday morning early, I found multiple stations
coming over the pole on both 80 and 40m, some of which I had never worked
before. I was able to add almost a dozen multipliers in ten minutes
- 15m and 20m were still open after dark Sunday evening and with my C31XR
pointed at Asia and the XM240 pointing Europe, the amount of RF flooding that I
often contend with was greatly reduced allowing for some great SO2R activity.
I spent time tweaking my KPA1500 for VSWR limits so the tuner would not trip in
and out when I switch one particular pair of antennas. I am generally able to
forgo the internal tuner since my VSWRs are all very low, i.e. less than 1.5:1.
This paid off. Having both amplifiers be auto-tune was a great experience
compared to having to manually tune both amplifiers as before.
For the first contest ever I concentrated on multipliers exclusively, being very
careful not to get in "Run mode" rather than staying vigilant for
multipliers. I can't say I enjoyed this as much but it did help the final score
I believe.
I did have a sense that the bands were not as busy as they were just a few years
ago; a concern for sure.
Thanks to all for the great weekend playing with radios and antennas.
Jeff
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