CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: K4RO
Operator(s): K4RO
Station: K4RO
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: TN
Operating Time (hrs): 35
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 4
80: 225
40: 582
20: 1151
15: 181
10: 38
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Total: 2181 Prefixes = 762 Total Score = 3,416,046
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Comments:
Enjoyed the contest, despite the pretty crummy DX conditions. Messed up a little
bit on time management, and lost about an hour of operating time in there
somewhere. This was a challenging contest at times, and very fun at other
times. There's nothing like a real band opening to bring your spirits up, after
hours and hours of closed DX paths.
Friday night featured a strong opening to Asia, then the DX paths closed down
for much of Saturday. Like others, I thought perhaps I was having antenna
problems. Wound up taking more off time when I am usually running EU DX
pileups. Both days, propagation seemed to improve as day turned to night. The
local weather was good for a change, and there were no thunderstorms in the
area for the entire contest. Sunday afternoon and evening featured the best
openings to Europe of the entire contest.
I can make a lot of QSOs in this contest, but I never seem to rack up enough
points to be even slightly competitive with the big dogs. I try to work as much
DX as possible on every available opening, but I still wind up way down in
points per QSO. WPX CW is still a fun contest to operate, and worth the time
commitment on a holiday weekend. C U all in the IARU HF Championship.
73, Kirk K4RO
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