WAE DX Contest, CW
Call: W1NN/8
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 10 32
40: 125 87
20: 337 530 82
15: 106 48 66
10:
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Total: 578 578 267 Total Score = 308,652
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
The last serious effort I made in this contest was 15-20 years ago when I was
living in Connecticut. What a difference doing this contest from Ohio -
especially with low antennas and low power!
15 was the big disappointment here. I just couldn't get anyone to answer my
CQs and most of the time I had to repeat everything several times. Midway
through the contest I noticed that the SWR on the antenna was high. The K3
tuner brought it down but clearly something is wrong. That probably cost me a
lot, although underlying condx were not very good.
QTCs are okay I guess but they really interfere with rate and frequently when
you find a new multiplier and are waiting to call him, he asks a station for
QTCs and you have to wait or go back to his frequency later. I would much
rather be copying QTCs instead of only sending them. The EU stations have all
the fun in this one. It's not hard for a station in my league to get rid of
all his QTCs but given that the casual EU stations are not interested in QTCs
and that some EU stations simply refuse any QTCs at all, I can imagine that the
non-EU stations with 1500+ contacts really struggle to send all their QTCs.
Much fun. Thanks to the sponsors and the participants!
73, Hal W1NN
Medina, Ohio
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