CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: W6RCL
Operator(s): W6RCL
Station: W6RCL
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: LAX
Operating Time (hrs): 19.25
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40: 6 4 3
20: 101 25 43
15: 155 25 59
10: 140 23 51
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Total: 402 77 156 Total Score = 250,242
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
What a great weekend ... i.e., a lot of ham radio and still time to attend my
son's Saturday soccer game, and to go out to Saturday night dinner and a movie
with friends.
My goal in the CQWW contests is to work DXCC or WAZ and I came closer this time
than I have in recent years -- by getting 32 zones and 87 DXCC countries.
Perhaps next time!
10M was good in CA, but not as "great" as everyone on the East Coast seems to
suggest. Sunday morning I had some 10M zone 14 contacts but nothing beyond
Spain and Portugal... of course, I'm only running 100W and a tribander
antenna....other 6's mileage may have varied!
96% of my Q's were S-and-P, but I had short runs calling CQ (to Asia) a couple
of times. I've got to remember to call CQ more -- even when there are no
takers!
My biggest surprise was punching thru the pileup to A61. A second shocker was
working ZS5T off the back of the yagi (long path!) on 20M and when I rotated the
antenna around, he was S9+20 and there were no takers so we chatted for a couple
of minutes.
I have antennas peaked for CW on 40 and 80, but obviously I have to do something
to make them work in the high end of the bands. I tried using an antenna tuner
to do just that, but in the process, I let some of the smoke out of it and
decided to forget the low bands. Something else that was unusual in this
contest was that my FT-847 locked up twice and wouldn't transmit. I had to
reset its internal computer both times to get it to work! I have no idea
why....
Best 73 de alan
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