CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: VA3DF
Operator(s): VA3DF
Station: VA3DF
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: ONS
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 90 8 11
80: 200 14 62
40: 362 24 101
20: 544 33 112
15: 204 24 90
10: 8 6 8
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Total: 1408 109 384 Total Score = 1,812,761
Club: Contest Club Ontario
Comments:
Entered this contest with high hopes. Friday night went as planned with massive
signals from EU on 80 m. In fact, by Saturday morning, I had matched last
year's DX count on 80 (for all of last year's contest). Unfortunately, the
worst was yet to come....
Saturday started OK - not great, but not bad either - but by the PM condx had
changed for the worse. Enough that I rapidly lost interest in the contest. By
Saturday midnight I was resigned to the fact that this was as far as I was
going and was ready to quit.
Things looked better in the morning and although I was about 400 qsos behind
last year's pace I decided to roll up my sleeves and get to it! With a lot of
luck I managed to overcome the qso deficit and exceeded my wildest
expectations.
Following is a critical analysis of each band:
10 m - expected nothing and was rewarded accordingly
15 m - the band that keeps on giving, even when you think the solar cycle has
probably scuttled any chance of working lots of DX
20 m - where the action is
40 m - probably my favorite band. Always happy to exceed 100 DX countries
80 m - think I exceeded my personal DX best on this band
160 m - "Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away" - 160 m signals
received at my qth are so weak they might as well come from the Crab nebula.
Having said that, this baby did cough up a double mult in the last 15 minutes
of the contest :>)
All in all, a great contest!
As usual, it's a jungle out there...
73,
Doug
VA3DF
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