CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: CR3OO
Operator(s): CT1BOH
Station: CR3A
Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 407 12 48
80: 1573 24 79
40: 2037 27 89
20: 2540 32 101
15: 2457 27 84
10: 109 6 31
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Total: 9123 128 432 Total Score = 15,264,480
Club:
Comments:
This was my 56th operation in CQWW, non stop since 1989, and unfortunately not
going into younger, but 2BSIQ (Two Bands Synchronized Interleaved QSOs) keeps
me alive…
For this contest I didn�'t start training with DXlog simulator in the summer
like I did in 2016 and 2015. I guess I was lacking motivation. For two reasons:
The first one is I would rather operate from the Caribbean, into order to have
60% USA in the log instead of 40% like we have in CT3, and this % is
instrumental to achieve super high rates. The second one is CR3A station is in
a really bad shape. But then, in an Whatsapp conversation with N6MJ, something
he said made a clicked in me and all of a sudden I was hyper motivated again.
Our brain is so strange…
2BSIQ is really an incredible way of operating.
It is more complex than what I originally though.
In the two weeks prior to the contest, I optimized my operating technique. I
had different techniques depending on the size of the overall two pile-ups, and
on the % of USA/EU stations calling me. This was new in comparison to 2015/2016
Also this year there was side by side log entries lines in DXlog program and
this made a huge difference (thanks Chris - 9A5K for implementing that after my
request).
In the end all this paid up, achieving 9123 QSOs, almost 1000 more than in
2016, with worse conditions on 15 and 20 for USA, and with only 38% of USA
stations in the log, the lowest in recent years
So I think it was very good contest for me!
Congrats to KL9A and N6MJ �" They are TOP and inspirational.
Set up: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/933975832489549824
Station: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935474411808882689
10 meter and 15 meter USA:
https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935475241010294785
20 meter USA: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935475669294862336 can you
notice missing antenna elements tips? Reflector shorter than other
elements….
40 meter USA inv V: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935476096702861313 This
antenna fell after a storm hit Sunday afternoon. Luckly it was not Saturday.
80 meter USA/EU: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935476336390524928
10 meter EU: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935476597947322368
15 meter EU: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935477033056067584 The crank-up
tower is rusted and broken, but even at this low, it get’s out
20 meter EU: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935477195769896960
40 meter EU: https://twitter.com/ct1boh/status/935477644669411329 The crank-up
tower is rusted and broken, but even at this low, it get’s out
Many thanks to my lovely wife Lara for support.
Many thanks to CT3BD and CT3DL for helping before contest.
See you next year.
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