CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: W6PH
Operator(s): W6PH
Station: W6PH
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Lone Pine CA
Operating Time (hrs): 37
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 26 12 15
80: 134 24 65
40: 343 33 103
20: 544 35 111
15: 337 30 94
10: 76 16 31
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Total: 1460 150 419 Total Score = 2,326,072
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
IC-781 AL-1200 CT-DOS 9.57
Antennas: (Field Day style except A3S)
160m Inverted L
80m Half slopers (NE and W from 60 ft AB-577 masts)
40m 40-2CD at 60 ft (AB-577 mast)
20m 3 el yagi at 60 ft (AB-577 mast)
15m 5 el yagi (WD8IXE/N8SM design) at 55 ft (AB-577 mast)
10m A3S on permanent 40 ft Rohn 25
As has been noted, the low bands were in great shape. For me to
work more than 30 countries on 80m is a challenge. It was a real
rush to get answers from European stations. I changed 80m antennas
to slopers this year and they helped a lot. There was definitely
discrimination between the two of them.
I don't usually operate this many hours but there were no slow times.
It started spitting snow on Saturday night about 7 pm and all of the
sudden I got some S9+ static from power line noise (moisture on the
dirty insulators) and decided to catch some sleep. I went back out
to the radio shack about 2:30 am and it was completely quiet again
as the precipation had stopped around midnight.
Most of my operating is starting at one end of the band and working
every new station I hear. The multipliers kept coming.
I got on 20m in the morning as soon as the band opened and
checked 15 m to see when it opened to Europe to be sure to be
there as the band would only be open for an hour. Despite
that I was able to pick up a bunch of central and southern
European stations but no zone 16 or Scandinavia. As soon as the
band started closing I went back to 20 meters to work the end of
the European opening. Then it was 20 and 15 all day while
checking 10 meters frequently.
Not much happening on 10 meters on Saturday but Sunday was good with
short openings to a lot of the Caribbean and west Africa and all day
to zone 11, 12, and 13. The only other openings were to zone 1 late
Saturday and catching KH6ZN Sunday afternoon with the A3S pointed west.
I usually spend the last hour on 20 meters filling in needed multipliers
but I already had over 100 countries there and decided to call CQ on 15
meters which resulted in an endless string of JA callers as well as five
new multipliers.
I should have called CQ more often but I thought S&P was more productive.
I really need to rethink that in the future.
I was happily surprised at the great conditions even though the
solar flux number was lower than it had been.
I echo the gripe about stations not signing their call signs. I
congratulate 8P5A and VP2E/K1XM who signed after every QSO. My
patience grows short after five contacts without signing. I'm
always reluctant to move on and I seem to end up sending "CALL?"
I spent the days before Thanksgiving putting up my temporary
antennas for the contest and I was very happy with the way they
worked other than 160m. They will all come down when the wind
lets up and stay down until next year. I'll see everyone from
VP9 in both ARRL's.
73, Kurt, W6PH
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