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Subject: [3830] CQMM DX W6QU(W8QZA) SOAB QRP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: wparker2@san.rr.com
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 02:26:47 +0000
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CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest

Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W8QZA

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 10.2

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Prefixes
----------------------
   80:   1       0
   40:  20       0
   20:  50       4
   15:   8       4
   10:            
----------------------
Total:  79       8  Countries = 18  Total Score = 7,540

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

STATION W8QZA:

Radio: Elecraft K-2, 5 Watts.

Antennas:
  10-15-20 Meters: 3 el Stepp-IR up 32 feet
  40 Meters: DX-LB trap dipole up 30 feet
  40-80 Meters: Butternut HF-2V Vertical with 3 radials
 ------------------------------------------------------
Condx were poor, of course. Only 8 Qs in South America! 

But this is an international contest, and my best contest Qs were A31MM, UA1CE,
and F6HKA, all on 20 M. Getting into Europe was quite a surprise for me. With
QRP from out here on the west coast, Europe has become very tough!

My DXCC was 18 compared to 51 only 2 years ago!  

N1MM says my op time was only 10.2 hours, but that doesn't count all the time I
spent tuning with no Qs!!

I won #1 QRP in North America and a very nice plaque the first year that this
contest was opened up for North America. But I have never come close to doing
that since then. Ops have discovered what a great contest this is!

73,  .....Bill Parker  W6QU - W8QZA


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