CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: WZ4F
Operator(s): K4AB
Station: K4AB
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Huntsville, Alabama
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 9
80: 190
40: 344
20: 362
15: 1097
10: 19
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Total: 2021 Prefixes = 898 Total Score = 4,481,020
Club: Alabama Contest Group
Comments:
I almost bagged this contest 3 or 4 times. The first night was great but when I
went to the high bands at sunrise, I was floored by S9 +20 rain static. It was
impossible to copy anyone on the yagi. In desperation, I finally wound up
listening on the Beverages...on 20 meters! But thats only half of the story.
It seems that a stalled warm front was producing thunderstorms one after
another that rolled over the QTH about every hour or so. And the front wasn't
going anywhere. So Saturday and Saturday night was spent working the contest
and looking out the window for lightning, then disconnecting everything for
10-20 minutes until the storm passed. The reconnecting everything and
continuing the process until the next storm approached in about an hour.
Officially I operated 32 hours, but in reality it was much less.
Sunday was a different story. The storms were gone and 15 meters was as good
as it ever was and can ever hope to be again. During the last few hours of the
contest, the band was literally open world-wide. You could run JA and Europe at
the same time, and also work South America, VK/ZL, USA, and deep Asia. It was
amazing to experience. I'm glad I didn't bag-it Saturday. 15 meters alone
Sunday afternoon was well worth the price of admission!
73,
Larry K4AB (WZ4F)
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