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To: 3830@contesting.com, larryb@alum.mit.edu
Subject: [3830] WPX CW W1DYJ SO(A)AB TB-Wires LP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: larryb@alum.mit.edu
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 23:22:22 +0000
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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW - 2019

Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ

Class: SO(A)AB LP
Class Overlay: TB-Wires 
QTH: Maine
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    1
   80:    2
   40:   73
   20:   99
   15:   18
   10:    1
------------
Total:  194  Prefixes = 164  Total Score = 99,384

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

My fifth attempt at this contest.  As usual my goal was to beat my own scores. 
With slowly improving CW skills I thought I might do OK, even with 10 and 15
being essentially non-existent and 80 & 160 probably having lots of QRN.

Friday night was mostly 40, with some 20.  I have to hear the call/exchange at
least once before calling. Two digit exchanges at 25 WPM are OK, above that I
needed to hear it a couple of times.   Stopped at 11 PM with 47 Qs.

Saturday morning got in two hours before daughter's family arrived for
afternoon.  Another hour before dinner.  Back on at 7:30.  20 OK, 80 noisy, 40
crowded.  Beat last years's score (my worst of the four prior years) at 8:10. 
Beat my second worst score at 10:50 and quit for news and bed.  ( Qs = 121  Pnts
= 451  Mults = 106  Score = 47,806)

Sunday started at 8:30.  On the air off-and-on all day between errands, etc.  
During the day it was slow, especially as I had to listened to a lot of CQs
while waiting to hear the exchange at least once before I called...  Four digits
at >30 WPM are very tough for me.

2:03 -- beat my 2nd best score - 64,610
3:32 -- beat my best score - 69,768
8:00 -- one Q short of 100K!

Fun and intense at the same time.

RIG: TS590S
ANTENNAS:
         160, 80, 20, 10 - fan dipole at 30'
                >> 4 wires: 160-trap-80 / 30 /1 2 20 / 10
         40, 15 >> 1/4 lambda vertical, 4 elevated radials at 10'
Logger: N3FJP CQ WPX Contest Log Ver 4.6

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ


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