Lot's of fun in Savannah - 80 and 160m were awful.
- Jere, KT4ZB
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CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: KT4ZB
Operator(s): KT4ZB
Station: KT4ZB
Class: SOAB Classic LP
QTH: Savannah
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 2 2 2
80: 13 6 7
40: 62 14 35
20: 156 24 70
15: 234 23 77
10: 413 29 89
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Total: 880 98 280 Total Score = 934,416
Club: South East Contest Club
I really like the Classic Radio overlay with the 24 hour limit and don't
feel near as
tired as doing 36 hours in the chair.Normally I run in an assisted
category, so
working non-assisted and not knowing where all those super DX stations are
is
the downside.
With all the solar activity and the flux at 217, great conditions were
expected and the sun delivered. 10 meters was great all weekend as well as 15
meters. The weekend was all S&P except for a couple of good short runs; one
of which included 21 stations in Japan. I could not be heard in the Middle
East and Asia. I could hear the A71 on 3 bands but could not work them. My
score and QSO total was down was down about 6 percent from last year
although I did end up with one more mult. Near the beginning of one of my hour
breaks there was an X class flare; and, it was the first time I watched the
1 minute refresh graph of the flux as it rose into the X class area,
leveled off and then declined.
It's always amazing to see stations on 10 meters above 28.8 MHz and
although I worked non-assisted, there were great DX contacts - 4Z5ML, A65BP,
B4L,
BY2AA, C37NL, GJ2A, J3A, J42T, J69MV, JV5A, JW5E, MD2C, S0S, S79K, T88HZ,
TF3CY, UP2L, V47JA, YE2C, YS1/NP3J and ZD8X to list a few. Lots of loud JAs
and notable misses included A71, HZ, DU, AH0 and AH2.
Thanks to the CQWW committee for sponsoring this great contest and thanks
to all the folks around the world whose contacts filled my log.
Best - Jere
FT1000mp Field (100w), TH6DXX, dipoles and N1MM.
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