CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2019
Call: W1WEF
Operator(s): W1WEF
Station: W1WEF
Class: SOAB HP
Class Overlay: Classic
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): <21
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 16 5 8
80: 72 12 42
40: 95 20 55
20: 232 21 80
15: 205 20 63
10: 30 8 14
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Total: 650 86 262 Total Score = 618,744
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
I had zero enthusiasm for the phone weekend until I looked at the NG3K
expedition list. Anticipation of all the great expeditions was exciting. After
the start with the terrible conditions I set my Friday night goal at ten Qs!
V47T couldn't hear me! I quit for the night after a whopping 27 hour. Not good.
Up at 4AM Sat I worked Jeff at VY2ZM and he already had 69 countries on 160 and
a bunch of zones. Back to bed.
After getting on again when the bands normally start to wake up I started to
have one problem after another with my radio. I wound up doing two partial
resets and two full resets before figuring out I was having RFI problems with my
wireless keyboard which was always trouble free on CW. I guess I had never had
done a phone contest before with the 7610. I have high SWRs in the phone bands
and although the tube amp is tolerant I think it results in more RF in the shack
and thus the problems. When I finally found an old keyboard with a cable and
ferrites already on it, all those problems went away.
I must admit I don't enjoy SSB in crowded band conditions. It's nothing like
when I operated from PJ2 and took No 2 or 3 world on phone with a TA33 in the
80's. JACK W1WEF
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