CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 1 1 1
80: 7 5 4
40: 21 11 15
20: 132 18 59
15: 205 22 76
10: 245 24 77
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Total: 611 81 232 Total Score = 506,121
Club:
Comments:
A nasty stomach virus struck Friday afternoon causing me to miss the first 20
hours of the contest. Bummer!
Sunday morning was fun with a peak QRP S&P rate of 59 and several hours over 30.
I was able to work most stations heard who were running USA. Surprised to miss
LA, SM, OZ, and many G* mults on 10M yet worked OH5NE and RW2F. Perhaps they
gave up when nothing materialized early on (13Z) but missed the later opening
around 14Z. LOTS of activity from SA and Carib kept it interesting.
Low Bands SUCKED and I slept most of Saturday night after NOT sleeping Friday
due to illness.
Only one rotor indicator still works so the monobanders were set to EU and later
to JA. Fixed tribanders aimed E, SE, S covered the rest.
This weekend would have been a great time to have a HIGH BAND ONLY category!
With all the tribanders in the world, I think a tribander (10,15,20) category
makes a lot of sense, especially for SSB, and especially during low sunspots
when a single band effort gets pretty boring with lots of unproductive hours.
Tom N4KG / QRP from North Alabama (only 60 miles east of W5)
Antennas:
160M Elevated GP
80M Dipoles NE/SW at 130 ft, NW/SE at 90 ft, GP
40M CC 2L40 at 95 ft, Dipole NW/SE at 90 ft
20M Telrex 3L20 at 75 ft + Tribanders
15M CC 4L15 at 55 ft + Tribanders
10M HB 5L10 at 62 ft + Tribanders
TH7 at 40 ft fixed East
TH3 at 40 ft fixed SE
TA32 at 60 ft fixed South
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