CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J
Class: SOSB15 LP
QTH: Waltham MA
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 256 18 68
10:
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Total: 256 18 68 Total Score = 62,866
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
SPACE WEATHER:
Saturday 1300z SSN=60 SFI= 106 Kp=3
Sunday 1200z SSN=67 SFI= 110 Kp=3 Kp=2 by 1400z Kp=1 at 2400z (a wee
bit late)
I've been operating 15m FT8 a lot for the past couple months and have seen the
band and solar conditions just getting better and better, so I decided to do a
15m single band in the WW-CW. With a lagniappe: no sleep deprivation.
Conditions were good but not like they will be later, nearer the cycle peak. But
it's a good start. 15m opened on schedule but closed early.
The WW-CW was my first DX contest attempt back in 1961, also 15m. I've operated
in it frequently over the years although I seldom entered a log, especially in
the paper days. Initially it was for new ones for awards, but that well ran dry
so I began to enter competitively in a limited way (single bands). Now it's
mostly just to take part in the excitement. I plan my activity so as not to be
up all night, which is why I liked to see the sunspots coming back.
I went UNASSISTED so I felt like it was still 1961. Thought maybe I'd feel
younger, but I didn't.
And it was genuine UNASSISTED, not the running kind which should have its own
category: RUNNING. There's lots of cognitive dissonance related to big running
stations claiming UNASSISTED operation.
Thanks for the contacts.
73,
Ken, AB1J
Flex 6500
N1MM Logger+
Outdoor 66' outdoor stealth wire with indoor counterpoise; ancient Dentron
tuner
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