CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: KR2Q
Operator(s): KR2Q
Station: KR2Q
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: FN20RU NNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 38
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 14 3 4
80: 48 10 24
40: 194 23 80
20: 311 22 96
15: 125 17 68
10: 21 7 15
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Total: 713 82 287 Total Score = 709,218
Club:
Comments:
Oh boy...where to begin.
1st, I am really sorry to learn about CT1BOH (CT3NT) problems. What a bummer.
I was chatting with him just 1 day before he left for CT3 and he was really
psyched (no surprise). Too bad.
Operating Time
For some unknown reason, I sat in the chair straight through until 2330z. I
haven't done that in a very long time. Unfortunately, at that time, the bands
were not great here and I was a bit confused what to do. My wife sed, "go to
bed" and I did (????). She woke me up 6 hours later and I got back in the
chair, but the bands were marginal. I worked 2 QSO's in two hours and went
back to bed. Got up again at 1145 on day 2 and kept going until the end. I
don't know if this was a good "strategy" or not. LOL
40 meters: Very strange from W2. Last year, I was loud into EU after sunset.
This year...where was EU? I worked zones 5-8 and 35 when I should have been
hearing (and working EU). Echoing K3LR's comments, 40m opened to EU very
early. On a whim, I checked 40m at 2000z and EU was loud...really loud. And
there I was, working EU with QRP on 40m in broad daylight! If Tim sez it was
open hours earlier, gee...what did I miss?
10m: I really need to go SO2R. This is my last year as SO1R, even qrp.
Randomly kept checking 10. Found the band open and was afraid to leave. Think
I worked 17 mults in 1 hours (but not many Qs). Not sure if the time I spend on
10m was worth it. Too late now. This won't happen to me again. On the plus
side, K5ZD's famous quote about 10m is still true. I was working guys who I
could barely hear here on one call. How did they hear ME?
Working DXCC: I always find it fun to see how many DXCC countries can be
worked QRP. This year I finished qrp DXCC in 22 hours. I didn't work much
else for the next 24, ending up with 111 DXCC with 4 watts. Not bad for QRP at
the bottom with very weird condx.
COMPARISONs: I did worse than last year, especially on zones. I never did
work any JAs (not even one).
2006 Summary (last year):
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 14 4 4
80: 59 11 30
40: 173 24 74
20: 262 23 85
15: 237 21 78
10: 22 12 17
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Total: 767 95 288 Total Score = 812,343
RIGS:
Last year I predicted that I would be using not just one, but a pair of K2's
(Elecraft). Well, I used my K2 (singular) again since my pair of K3's
(ordered) has not yet arrived.
Worked on 6 bands: ZF1A (wow!)
5 bands:
H7/K9NW
HC8N
HK1AR
PJ4A
VC3A
VP5W
4 bands: 15 stations
A very interesting experience!
CU on 160 and 10 and Stew!
de Doug KR2Q
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