CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: TI5N
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: TI5KD
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Costa Rica
Operating Time (hrs): 35.95
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 0
40: 167
20: 335
15: 288
10: 205
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Total: 995 Prefixes = 461 Total Score = 1,272,360
Club:
Comments:
Rig: Yesau FT-817 for the first 27 hours.
Kenwood TS 940S with output set at 5 watts for the rest of the contest.
Antennas at TI5KD:
Quad at 25 meters, 4 el 10M, 3 el 15M and 20M
TH6 Tribander at 25 meters, fixed north
2 el yagi for 40M up 30 meters
2 el 40M Quad fixed at 20 degrees
80M rotatable short dipole up 32 meters
80M loop with apex at 27 meters
160M inverted V with apex at 30 meters
A3 tribander at 12 meters fixed 135 degrees
20M 4 el yagi fixed north
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Conditions were significantly worse than last year, as would be expected at the
bottom of the cycle. My score was down 26% from last year.
But there were still lots of exciting moments, like working KH6ND/KH5 and
ZA/DF4SA on 40 M, and 3V7A on 15 M.
At about 03:00 Z on the second day, my FT-817 started acting up and wouldn't
put out audio unless I recycled it by turning it off and on. Fortunately Keko
(TI5KD) had the Kenwood TS 940S was right on the table, and I had it on-line in
less than 5 minutes. I thought little low power rigs like the FT-817 never
failed!
I could work almost nothing the first night on 40 Meters, but the second night
I thought I was using a kilowatt! Almost everyone including Europe, came back
on the first call. It was fantastic to see the score rise so quickly with all
the new "off continent" prefixes adding up!
I really miss the contest participation of the Japanese stations. We used to
be able to work hundreds of JA stations, but now there are just a few dozen
left, mostly contest stations, I believe.
But Qs this year were much more of a struggle, and I look for the sunspots to
come back again.
...Bill Parker W8QZA / TI5N qrp
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