CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: AB7E
Operator(s): AB7E
Station: AB7E
Class: SOSB/40 LP
QTH: Arizona
Operating Time (hrs): 21
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40: 118 18 44
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 118 18 44 Total Score = 18,166
Club: Central Arizona DX Association
Comments:
Fun, but a lot of work. I prefer CW contests but I had noticed that the
all-time points record for 40m low power unassisted SSB for the 7th call area
was pretty low and decided to give it a shot. The current antenna here is only
a fixed wire dipole, so I had to scratch and claw for each contact. The noise
wasn't bad here in southern Arizona but signals during the contest were much
weaker than usual. I couldn't work very deep into southern Europe and heard
very little from northern Europe, but I was able to eventually get almost
everyone into the log I could hear. I have a large mountain immediately to the
west of me (check the photo on my listing at QRZ.com) that blocked low angle
paths to Asia, so I guess I'm lucky to have gotten what I did. Best DX worked
was probably 3V, 6W, and V5.
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