CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: K5NA
Operator(s): K5NA
Station: K5NA
Class: SOSB10 QRP
QTH: Texas
Operating Time (hrs): 27
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 258
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Total: 258 Prefixes = 187 Total Score = 89,102
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
This is my first serious contest since 2011. I don't know why I chose the QRP
category category to break the ice with. It was hard work.
There are a lot of nuances to doing QRP and I picked up a few of them as I
went. But I certainly didn't learn all there is to know about the category.
I did a lot of S/P the first day and I found that the other stations had to be
quite loud to achieve a quick and easy QSO. If I had to repeat my call several
times, it would then turn into a struggle to get my number across. Thanks to
the good operators who hung in there and worked hard to get my number
correctly.
I called many stations both days that never answered me. On some I finally got
through by being there and calling just as the band peaked up.
On the second day I tried calling CQ more and had a few mini-runs. Some of the
runs were as many as 6-8 QSOs but they were usually stretched over a 30 to 45
minute time period. I decided that though I had a weak signal most places,
there was always some place I would be loud to. I only had to call CQ long
enough for a person from there to find me. But when I would go about 10 minutes
of CQing without an answer, it was back to S/P up and down the band.
Occasionally I would find some good stuff that had no pileup because I found it
before the spotters and/or Skimmer had located it.
Other notes.
When CQing, I don't recall ever having a DX station answer me, only USA
responses.
I never worked Asia though I heard and called several JAs. I also heard a 4Z4
and P33W work someone I was calling.
In Europe I only worked Spain and Sicily. I heard and called many other
Europeans.
Other than working the USA, the bulk of my QSOs were to PY and LU. But I still
could not work all of those that I heard.
I seemed to have a pipeline to VK/ZL and everything else in the South Pacific.
My QTH has always done well on 10M in that direction. Besides VK/ZL, other good
DX that way was E51, FK, FO, KH6, P29, and V7.
I never sent "QRP" or "/QRP" when signing my call.
Will I do another serious QRP effort? Probably not because I don't have the
patience it requires.
73, Richard - K5NA
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