CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: VE7XF
Operator(s): VE7XF
Station: VE7XF
Class: SOAB(TS) HP
QTH: near Vancouver
Operating Time (hrs): 28
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 2
80: 0
40: 24
20: 286
15: 437
10: 44
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Total: 793 Prefixes = 484 Total Score = 1,021,724
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Time to try a new category, although I like to be listed with the 'big boys',
even if they have big antennas compared to my little Steppir.
As others have noted, condx not too good on Friday night, somewhat better on
Saturday, and Sunday things picked up considerably. No Au flutter noticed
here.
Not much worked on 15m on Saturday, but Sunday was another matter. 20m was
hopping by the time I got on (1430z, 7:30am local) - sigs very strong from EU
and not many NA heard (just the way I like it!). The MUF must have been close
to 14mhz. As the day warmed up and the MUF climbed, 20m faded and 15m opened to
EU.
By Saturday night, more mults worked from LU than from JA.
Nothing heard from continental Africa.
My first QSO on Sunday morning was with an HB9, who said he was glad I called,
because I had a "very famous callsign". I did check the calendar to
make sure that it wasn't April 1st in Switzerland :-)
40m Saturday night was 'interesting'. I heard good sigs from Cyprus at their
sunrise, but couldn't raise them with my KPA500. So I fired up the 'legal
limit' amp (AL-1200) and managed to work them and a few other Europeans as the
sunrise grayline moved across the continent.
My 40m dipole doesn't work above about 7.100, so I missed lots of NA mults.
Maybe it's time for an alternate 40m antenna.
N1MM, K3 with P3 (what a great tool - someday they'll make it illegal!),
SteppIR, wires.
QSO Mult
160 2 1
40 24 14
20 286 238
15 437 210
10 44 21
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