CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2022
Call: N8HM
Operator(s): N8HM
Station: N8HM
Class: SO(A)AB LP
QTH: Washington, DC
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 11 5 10
10: 2 2 2
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Total: 13 7 12 Total Score = 665
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
I was just messing around with a sub-$250 station. The radio used was a Chinese
clone uSDR and the antenna was a Harvest HA-1850 telescoping whip mounted on my
south facing balcony. The radio costs $130, antenna $70, and I estimate about
$50 for the magmount, ground strap, and coax. To key the radio, I was sending CW
using the built in PTT buttons. I thank the DX stations for copying my terrible
fist and apologize. My callsign is pretty easy to key that way, but 5NN 5 is
not! It was fun working stations in Europe with such a cheap setup!
The uSDR radio specifies 5 watts output on the internal battery, but my power
output was actually about 8 watts on 15 meters and 2.5 watts on 10 meters, so
I'm submitting my log as low power rather than QRP. I was also using the
surprisingly good internal CW decoder, so this is an assisted entry.
A very poorly shot video of one of my QSOs can be found at
https://twitter.com/PRStoetzer/status/1596890383543566336
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