CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: ZL6QH
Operator(s): ZL2BSJ ZL2AGY ZL1AZE ZL1BYZ G4EDG
Station: ZL6QH
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: ZL
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 4 4 3
80: 263 18 31
40: 1162 30 83
20: 1599 32 104
15: 1068 33 85
10: 1921 32 82
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Total: 6017 149 388 Total Score = 9,565,581
Club: WARC
Comments:
What a fantastic contest! Our best score yet and very close to the 9.6M
Multi-Multi record set by ZL2K in 1993.
Conditions were only average so the big score is due to other factors like the
awesome ops and the new 6 el monoband yagi antennas on 10m. Furthermore,
everything worked according to plan. We were ready to go 1.5 hours before the
start of the contest and nothing failed during the contest - amazing!
As expected, The M2 category proved to be a lot of fun. We operated two stations
- one was designated as the "LOW BAND" station and the other as the "HIGH BAND"
station. The LOW BAND station focused on the lowest bands with propagation
(160/80/40/20 plus 15 during the day) and the HIGH BAND station focused on the
highest bands with propagation (typically 10 during the day and dropping down to
15/20 over night).
160 m was a big disappointment. We did not even hear HC8N on 160m so it was very
BAD! Signals on 80m were also weak but at least we managed to achieve some runs
to USA, JA and Europe. Here is a summary of the QSOs broken down by band and
continent.
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 2 104 439 567 549 1118 2779 44.9
South America 0 1 15 26 26 12 80 1.3
Europe 0 66 354 614 182 287 1503 24.3
Asia 1 80 359 397 291 543 1671 27.0
Africa 0 0 4 14 7 3 28 0.5
Oceania 2 15 11 36 26 30 120 1.9
We used the following equipment and antennas
Radio 1: FT1000MP + TL922
Radio 2: FT1000MP + FL2100B
Logging: CT 9.81 with K1TTT Ethernet
10m Antennas: Fixed 6el yagis to Europe & North America, Vee beams
80m - 15m Antennas: Vee beams and Rhombic (for Europe)
160m Antennas: Longwire (highest point 40m AGL), Delta loop, Vee beams
Thanks to everyone for all the QSOs; the Wellington Amateur Radio club for the
ZL6QH facilities; ZL2AOV, ZL2GI and ZL2III (DK1II) for the loan of equipment;
and the contest organisers for the fun contest.
CU All in the 2003 CQ 160M CW contest
73
Brian ZL1AZE
for ZL6QH team
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