CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: G4PIQ
Operator(s): G4PIQ
Station: G4PIQ
Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: JO01MU
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 42 5 30
80: 298 21 83
40: 381 30 108
20: 380 29 103
15: 478 35 117
10: 493 32 114
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Total: 2072 152 555 Total Score = 3,286,136
Club: Three As Contest Group
Comments:
Rig : K3 + K2
Ant : 160 - random set of feeders with 9:1 SWR
80 - Delta Loop, top @ 17m
40 - Inv-V Dipole @ 24m
HF - TH5 @ 18m
Last minute plan to do this entry. Complete station built - single handed -
from scratch (including rotator overhaul, making new wire antennas and tree
surgery to enable tower to be wound up) starting at 1200 Friday. Started
contest at 0430 after build complete.
Lost 160m antenna before I made any QSOs on it and had a number of other
challenges to deal with - hence reduced operating time, but it was far better
to be on than not.
This was my first serious foray into the world of assisted operating as a
single operator since 1996, and it soon became clear that I hadn’t got the
hang of it. I think I’d worked out what to do by about Sunday afternoon, but
I really struggled to get the balance right between trying to work the mults
which are stuck on a plate in front of you, and getting some basic QSOs in the
log. Working every mult at all costs is so important in multi-op contesting,
but in this SOAB section a mult is only worth 3 or 4 QSOs. With the station
which I had, I was loud enough to run at times, but I don’t think that was
always the best strategy, and I didn’t make enough use of all the data which
I had available to me. Combine these poor choices with way-insufficient
perperation and being pretty shattered and I under-performed by a significant
margin. But I also learnt a lot and I’m sure a repeat of the contest next
weekend would deliver a much more competitive score. I really enjoyed the
contest and would certainly do this section again.
Thank you all for the QSOs
73,
Andy, G4PIQ
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