All Asian DX Contest, CW
Call: W7RN
Operator(s): W1UE
Station: W7RN
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: NV
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 3 3
80: 131 55
40: 347 111
20: 417 138
15: 341 140
10: 15 10
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Total: 1254 457 Total Score = 642,542
Club:
Comments:
Even with the propagation disturbance, it was a great time!
Started out on 15M, and had a first hour of 99. I had heard that the
disturbance was coming, so I wanted to get as many Qs on the high bands as
quickly as possible. I kept returning to 15M off and on until the 07Z hour,
when it finally petered out. 40M played well, and even 80/160 got into the
act. Between running, duel CQing, and pouncing for mults, I went into my first
sleep from 14-16Z Saturday with 696 Qs in the log.
When I got back to the radio at 16Z on Saturday, things didn't sound the same.
Stations were still there, but they were weaker and even strong stations had
some minor flutter. I kept working the 2nd radio for mults, duel CQing at
times, but things just weren't the same. It wasn't easy like the first day had
been. Still, when I went to my second rest time from 02-06Z Sunday there were
864 Qs in the log, so I felt that things were going well.
When I got back on the radio at 06Z, 20M was still the place to be. After a
couple of hours, I started in on 40M and then 80M. Qs kept piling up; I didn't
think about it at the time, but perhaps the geomagnetic disturbance drove more
stations to 40/80M because the high bands were so bad? There seemed to be more
stations on 40/80 on Sunday, and I was able to add about 100 Qs every two hours.
When I finally went to my third and last rest period, I had 1254 Qs and a score
of 642K already in the log. Visions of 750K total score were now in my head!
Well, if you've seen my final score, you know what happened. When I got back
from the rest period with 6 hours left in the contest, I didn't work a new
station. I tried; I called CQ and tuned the bands intermittently for the next
6 hours without even one Q being produced. My last QSO in the contest was made
almost 10 hours before the contest ended. Still, it was a satisfying contest.
I'd like to give a big thanks to Tom Taormina, K5RC/W7RN, for the use of his
great station. I thoroughly enjoyed my contest and his hospitality here.
Dennis W1UE
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