CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: P40A
Operator(s): KK9A
Station: P40A
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 43
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 8 4 8
80: 26 8 20
40: 195 16 48
20: 982 31 81
15: 1291 27 85
10: 1363 25 84
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Total: 3865 111 326 Total Score = 4,984,859
Club:
Comments:
I arrived in Aruba a week before CQWW with plans to add another antenna to my
collection - a homebrew 16m freestanding top loaded low band vertical for 160m.
Unfortunately I was not able to get the concrete base installed until several
days after the contest so I strung up a low dipole instead. The contest was off
to a slow start and I was very tempted to change to the LP category, however I
finally found a quiet spot on 20m outside the U.S. sub-band where I was able to
slowly run European stations. 40m, 80m and 160m were more of a struggle and I
made most of my QSO?s there by S & P. I made only one US 160m QSO (Thanks
NQ4I). On Saturday, 10m and 15m were very hot and I had no trouble running
Europe. When the bands closed to Europe I was able to run U.S. stations at a
very rapid pace. On Sunday morning I realized that I had a chance to break
P40W?s world record if I could work a lot more multipliers. I spent more time
searching and pouncing or screamed my call but fell short of the record. The
contest was a lot fun and it was nice to see P40W / W2GD and P49Y / AE6Y again.
I spent a lot of this trip doing maintenance around the house, however I did
try to take a break every afternoon and go to the beach and I enjoyed some nice
restaurants in the evenings with my wife.
73,
John KK9A / P40A
p40a@iguanavilla.com
http://www.iguanavilla.com
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