CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: K2PO
Operator(s): K2PO
Station: K2PO
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Oregon
Operating Time (hrs): 40
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 151 41 13 11
40: 285 45 46 21
20: 540 49 68 26
15: 606 41 74 28
10: 22 2 11 9
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Total: 1604 178 212 95 Total Score = 1,700,895
Club: Willamette Valley DX Club
Comments:
Fun time, and 'learned a lot.
I used three decoders on each radio - MMTTY, 2Tone, and GRITTY. Each was
worthless at times, and indispensible at others.
The doldrums set in on Saturday afternoon - I did an hour of chores, as the
slow rate didn't merit the BIC time.
Sunday was a different story - it was exciting throughout. A highlight was
mid-morning on 15m. I'd gone near the top of the band to get away from the
mosh pit of crowded kilowatts. With empty spectrum nearby I called CQ, and the
callers kept coming and coming. Included - within 35 minutes of each other,
were SU9IG in Egypt and 8Y6RTTY in India - who both came back to my 85 watt
signal. The magic of radio never ceases to amaze...
Not a lot of European signals make the trip west of the 120th meridian - only
the top tiers of stations are workable. So the log is crowded with 1-point
domestic stations.
30% of my contacts were S&P. 37% were 1 pointers. 336 of my 1600 QSOs
(20+%) were Japanese stations.
My only five-band QSOs were with KH6J, and club-mate K7VIT (who was a
double-mult on 10m).
I'll be back next year (but I won't expect conditions as good as we had this
weekend).
Tnx to all,
Bill, K2PO
Portland, OR
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