CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: VE6CNU
Operator(s): VE6CNU
Station: VE6CNU
Class: SOSB/20 LP
QTH: Calgary
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20: 782 27 73
15:
10:
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Total: 782 27 73 Total Score = 173,400
Club: ALBERTA CLIPPERS
Comments:
This was a great weekend for contesting, as it was -25C and blowing snow the
whole time. My rotator was very sluggish, but it didn't seem to matter. I
worked Japan facing east, Europe facing west, and so on. (NO, my yagi isn't on
backwards, I worked them facing the proper direction too!)
This year's score was up about 50% over my last year's effort, so I shouldn't
complain. Only differences were my TH6 over my old TH3, one more year of
experience, and better band condx. Friday night started out rough, as I only
made 25 Q's before 20m folded. I checked my rig connections several times to
see if I was getting out! Saturday morning was dreadful, with only a few
Caribbean stations coming through. I finaly worked a handful of European
stations starting around noon, but they only last a couple hours and I could
only hear the strongest of the strong. Around 2PM I began to hear more
Caribbean stations, mixed with some JAs. The band folded again around 7PM.
Sunday got off to another poor start, but around 8:15AM I began to work Europe.
20m stayed open to Europe for about 5-6 hours this time, but my daughter
insisted I needed to help her with her homework. I missed the tail end of
Europe, but managed to find a semi-clear freq and run Americans the rest of the
afternoon. At about 3PM, I went back to S&P and managed to work through a few
huge pile-ups. I was very pleased to get about 6 or 7 new ones.
Sunday was the most fun I've ever had in a contest, as I managed to get my rate
up to over 100/hr for over 2 hours. I guess condx were just right and I'm
beginning to figure this thing out.
Congrats to Dan, VE6EX, for an incredible effort (and score) with just a wire
loop around his house (in some tall trees). Must be the two letter call!
Thanks to all who contacted me and CU in the next one!
Jerry
VE6CNU
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