CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W8QZA
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 33.3
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 2
80: 9
40: 44
20: 124
15: 65
10: 32
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Total: 276 Prefixes = 174 Total Score = 92,568
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 - 160 Meters: DX-LB trap dipole up 30 feet
40 - 80 Meters: Butternut HF-2V Vertical with 3 radials
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Conditions were about as bad as to be expected at this point in the cycle. It is
the worst I have ever done in the WPX SSB contest from home going back to my
first all-band entry in 2008.
But there were a number of high points. Perhaps the biggest thrill was working
NR6O (400 miles) for my first 160 Meter Q in any contest going back a few years.
It wasn't even a new prefix, but he patiently went through his receive antennas
until he could pull me out, ...THANKS!! I later worked a local friend for
another 160 Meter Q for the tremendous total of TWO Qs on 160.
I only worked one European Q in this contest, CR5C on 20. Incredibly it was a
fast and easy Q! I heard a number of Europeans on 20 but all weak. I only heard
one Euro on 15: a CR6.
I was also delighted to work VY0AA who is in Zone 2 up in that vast sparsely
inhabited area of northern Canada. Too bad I didn't get credit for the Zone 2!
I only worked four JA stations which is usually a mainstay of my score. I'm not
sure if it was propagation or just not participating.
I had a DXCC of only 33 and a WAZ of only 18. Only 83 of all my Qs were
actually off continent.
But it is still fun in the bad times as well as the good times. I just reset my
expectations!
See you in WPX CW. 73, Bill Parker W8QZA - W6QU
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