CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY - 2023
Call: ZF2SS
Operator(s): KO7SS
Station: ZF2SS
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: Cayman Brac
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 58 32 13 10
40: 333 50 62 23
20: 473 55 83 31
15: 764 56 85 29
10: 737 55 79 27
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Total: 2365 248 322 120 Total Score = 3,890,910
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
RIG: K3S + KPA500 + KAT500 + laptop
ANT: 80M sloper, 40M vertical, 2 X tribander (one pointed NE, one pointed NW)
A big thanks to Stan ZF9CW for the use of the house and station! Cayman Brac
is an amazing place...
We were here for WPX CW in May when I decided I needed to come back for CQWW
RTTY. It's what gets me through the work day...
The guys at the dive shop said late September is a great time of year as long
as there is no tropical storms or hurricanes nearby :) That means refundable
plane tickets, trip insurance and looking at the hurricane website 3X/day.
I didn't want to use a borrowed rig for a high power RTTY contest - I brought
my Elecraft RTTY station. The KPA500 is rated for key down 500W output for
10 minutes and it all fit in a Pelican case. I had an extra K3S as a carry-on.
The local computer here was acting up so there was no 9 circle RX antenna this
trip. The noise on 80M was S9 +10. There were off shore thunderstorms both
nights with huge clouds full of lightening lighting up the sky. I unplugged
everything on Saturday evening and sat on the porch with a rum drink :)
The contest - these are the best of times! RTTY is a contest mode. The most
amazing part was getting called by WB0O in Missouri. That was my call for
20 years when I lived in North Dakota, I gave it up to get KO7SS...
Thanks for the Q's! I actually got to use the N1MM call stacking feature...
73, Bill ZF2SS on K-Man Brac
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