CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K5AF
Operator(s): K5AF
Station: K5AF
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX, USA
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 9 5 5
80: 34 12 25
40: 76 18 48
20: 118 19 49
15: 40 16 26
10: 0 0 0
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Total: 277 70 153 Total Score = 157,215
Club:
Comments:
For the most part, this one was painful! I don't ever recall having to work so
hard to work so few stations. I was planning on a bit more robust effort, but
got discouraged and bored with the tough going.
Low Points: Have to drop my call many, many times to establish a qso, and that
was only after getting beat by everyone else who called in! I recall one Zone 8
station that I called at least 20 times! (Zone 8 is usually a chip shot for
here!)
High Points: Getting lucky with a couple of Qs through huge pileups, most
noteably with V51AS. Adding two new ones toward 160M DXCC!
Band conditions were mostly just OK, but 40M before sunset was quite good both
nights. There were S-9 plus static crashes on 80M and 160M that made S&P
tough, nonetheless, signal strengths were very good. During a half-hour period
starting around 0800Z, I managed to work all continents on 80M, not a big deal
for many of you, but something I've never managed to do before as an LP op in
this contest.
Only tried 10M a couple of times, heard nothing.
My station is somewhat in transition, as I'll be replacing my Omni VIs with two
K-3s that I should be receiving soon. I'm going to redesign my station with
more emphasis on mobility. I'm hoping to lease or perhaps buy a piece of land
here in S. Texas, where I can put up some decent antennas that I won't have to
keep hidden from neighbors. I also hope I'll be able to operate low poewer
from some DX locations with an SO2R station that will fit in a suitcase.
Thanks for all the Qs, next year should be better!
73, Paul, K5AF
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