CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: KK9A
Operator(s): KK9A
Station: KK9A
Class: SOSB20 HP
QTH: North Carolina
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20: 2900
15:
10:
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Total: 2900 Prefixes = 1110 Total Score = 6,900,000
Club:
Comments:
Last year severe thunderstorms that lasted all of Friday night and reoccurred on
Saturday afternoon kept me out of the 2012 WPX Phone competition. Rain and
thunderstorms are pretty common here in March and they seem to be especially
common on the last weekend of the month. Storms were in the forecast again for
this contest but luckily it was not really an issue. The rain and associated
QRN occurred early both mornings during my off times. Propagation this weekend
was poor especially at the start. I worked very few stations in Asia on the
first night and even many US stations were quite weak. I wound up searching and
pouncing a lot as I had few callers to my CQs. After sunrise I was able to work
into Europe pretty well but many stations were still difficult to copy.
Conditions improved a little on the second evening and I had a nicer run of
Japanese and Russians stations. I also worked an incredible amount of U.S.
stations that evening, which is unusual for me. The European opening on Sunday
seemed a little better although it got very slow when 15m opened but picked
back up near the end. I made over 150 more QSOs on 20m than any other U.S.
station in history. I certainly did not expect such a large score this Easter
weekend with the A Index so high. The WPX contest continues to grow and be a
lot of fun. I would like to thank everyone for the QSOs. If you would like a
picture QSL card please QSL via WD9DZV.
73,
John KK9A
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