CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: P40W
Operator(s): W2GD
Station: P40W
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 372 16 57
80: 1041 26 83
40: 1340 26 102
20: 1596 34 100
15: 1579 29 97
10: 537 20 51
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Total: 6464 151 490 Total Score = 12,244,382
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
Rig: IC756ProIII, Alpha 87A
Ants: 160M vertical dipole, 160M Inverted V, 3el 80M wire beam (EU), Inverted
V
4 ele 40M wire beam (EU), 2 el 40M wire beam (US/AS), F12 C4
Force 12 4 el 20M yagi, Cushcraft 4 el 15M yagi, Force 12 5 el 10M yagi, C4
RX - beverages NE, NW, E/W, N/S.
CQWW is the BIG SHOW, the ultimate test of operator skill, stamina, propagation
knowledge, planning, and execution. The level of competition is like no other
contest. I am thankful to have participated in this great event once again,
and hope all of you had as much fun as I did.
Learned a week before the contest that I'd be sharing the SOAB HP catagory with
P40T (N6AA@P43P) and P49Y (AE6Y). For one small island country this is alot of
RF from three stations who likely will be in the top ten world list. Talk
about competition just from your own country!
Arrived Tuesday to find just minor antenna problems, a broken beverage and a
bad splice on a rotor cable. Wasn't so lucky with my Titan amp. power supply,
the surge relay in the primary wouldn't close. Very special thanks to Emily,
P43E, for offering me the loan of her amplifier at the last minute.
Unfortunately I don't have time to write a full blow by blow description of the
action, but here are some highlights and lowlights:
Before the contest, working 5A7A and TZ6 on 160M barefoot.
Being called by VK9AA and 9N7JO for double mults on 40M during the last hour.
Catching what was probably the best opening to EU on 10M Sunday morning adding
43 EU contacts to the log (Last year I didn't work a single EU stn on 10M
during either WW weekend).
Five 200+ hours, 10 hours over 175/hour. Rate meter over 400 at times.
Quiet low band conditions, especially on the first night.
Breaking the 1000 qso total level on 80M for the first time. The 3el wire beam
to EU is really working.
Keeping my butt in the chair....there was no room for error by oversleeping
this year.
Responses to CQs by many difficult to work Asian mults on all bands. Operating
in the less crowded upper portion of the bands seemed to work well.
Succesfully sharing 160M with P49Y - we are just 1 mile apart and use a
gentlemen's agreement to time share the band. TNX Andy!
Keeping the rate steady most of the contest (avoiding the dreaded DXing
syndrome), knowing full well N6AA/P40T was out there cranking along after
nearly a week of practicing his running techniques.
Had an 80% success rate when asking stations to QSY to other bands. TNX to all
who were willing to move to one or more bands.
Enjoyed the company of N6AA and AE6Y for Thanksgiving Dinner (pasta at Don
Carlos) and the traditionial after-contest get together (at Tony Romas) - no
Dick, we aren't crazy to go out for dinner immediately after 48 hours of
battle!
Only one equipment failure, the C4 rotator stuck NW all day Sunday. A 30
minute power disruption (blown fuse in 220 line to amp) Saturday had little
impact.
Left too many double multipliers on the table (missed bigs stns. like 5A, TZ,
ZS, and a multitude of other easy ones on several bands - the downside to
S01R).
Congratulations to CT1BOH for his continued excellence, N2NT for breaking the
NA record, and to everyone esle who ventured beyond their home country borders
to make available so many great multipliers for the rest of us to work.
Special thanks to my Aruban hosts Humphrey and Corrie, to NO2R and other
members of the Frankford Radio Club for their assistance diagnosing my
amplifier problem, and to all of you who had fun last weekend and made it into
my log.
CU from P40W for ARRL DX CW in February.
73,
John W2GD
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults P40W CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST CW Single Operator HP
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 221/38 ..... ..... ..... 221/38 221/38
1 . . 190/10 . . . 190/10 411/48
2 136/37 . 3/1 . . . 139/38 550/86
3 6/1 163/42 . . . . 169/43 719/129
4 127/12 26/5 . . . . 153/17 872/146
5 13/4 127/6 . . . . 140/10 1012/156
6 22/2 123/1 . . . . 145/3 1157/159
7 2/2 77/16 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 83/26 1240/185
8 8/3 32/5 57/10 4/7 ..... ..... 101/25 1341/210
9 8/3 23/8 37/9 1/2 . . 69/22 1410/232
10 14/1 76/6 7/5 . . . 97/12 1507/244
11 . 1/1 55/8 44/32 1/2 1/2 102/45 1609/289
12 . . . 99/13 112/36 . 211/49 1820/338
13 . . . . 174/24 . 174/24 1994/362
14 . . . . 192/12 . 192/12 2186/374
15 . . . . 80/3 113/16 193/19 2379/393
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 223/5 ..... 223/5 2602/398
17 . 1/1 . 1/1 199/10 1/2 202/14 2804/412
18 . . . 32/5 112/6 13/1 157/12 2961/424
19 . . . 231/11 . . 231/11 3192/435
20 . . . 190/8 1/2 . 191/10 3383/445
21 . . . 100/0 69/3 . 169/3 3552/448
22 . . . 149/3 10/0 1/1 160/4 3712/452
23 . . 51/6 17/15 . . 68/21 3780/473
0 ..... ..... 175/8 ..... ..... ..... 175/8 3955/481
1 . 84/9 62/3 . . . 146/12 4101/493
2 5/5 80/0 . . . . 85/5 4186/498
3 19/2 37/0 44/1 . . . 100/3 4286/501
4 . 129/1 2/0 . . . 131/1 4417/502
5 . 24/0 72/0 . . . 96/0 4513/502
6 . . 130/3 . . . 130/3 4643/505
7 . 3/2 37/8 1/2 . . 41/12 4684/517
8 2/1 2/2 42/2 ..... ..... ..... 46/5 4730/522
9 . . . . . . . 4730/522
10 . 14/2 . . . . 14/2 4744/524
11 . 12/0 46/4 3/2 2/1 1/1 64/8 4808/532
12 . . . 142/8 . . 142/8 4950/540
13 . . . 34/3 83/4 . 117/7 5067/547
14 . . . . 56/0 94/17 150/17 5217/564
15 . . . . . 189/11 189/11 5406/575
16 ..... 1/1 3/3 4/3 4/4 111/9 123/20 5529/595
17 . . . 3/3 105/6 7/7 115/16 5644/611
18 . . . 2/1 150/3 4/1 156/5 5800/616
19 . . . 104/7 2/0 1/1 107/8 5907/624
20 . . . 141/4 1/1 . 142/5 6049/629
21 . . . 158/2 1/2 . 159/4 6208/633
22 . . 1/0 135/0 . . 136/0 6344/633
23 10/0 6/1 104/7 . . . 120/8 6464/641
DAY1 336/65 649/91 622/89 869/99 1174/105 130/24 ..... 3780/473
DAY2 36/8 392/18 718/39 727/35 404/21 407/47 . 2684/168
TOT 372/73 1041/109 1340/128 1596/134 1578/126 537/71 . 6464/641
P40W CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator 26 Nov 2006 2359z
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
CW
North America CW 295 577 690 1162 890 464 4078 61.8
South America CW 11 11 12 35 38 30 137 2.1
Europe CW 66 438 619 301 652 43 2119 32.1
Asia CW 1 17 42 96 12 0 168 2.5
Africa CW 5 6 6 17 15 9 58 0.9
Oceania CW 0 7 7 18 6 0 38 0.6
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