CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: K9CT
Operator(s): K9CT KD9ERP AB9YC WT2P K9QQ KB9OWD
Station: K9CT
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: IL
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 62 11 24
80: 224 17 65
40: 487 30 98
20: 1106 38 130
15: 889 30 124
10: 201 15 41
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Total: 2969 141 482 Total Score = 4,662,532
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
Condx were much better than last year, so expectations were tempered by that
experience. We were all pleasantly surprised to have some good openings on 15
meters and also on 10 meters late Sunday.
The bands seemed to open fairly early to EU with some strong signals but they
often would not hear or copy us. It was often frustrating. The QRM and maybe
the QRN levels at some DX locations must be fairly high.
We had an experienced team and thought we would do as well as conditions would
allow. Everyone pulled their weight and radios were always manned and
multipliers were being chased. We always had two operators during the overnight
hours regardless of rate or lack of rate. Everyone spelled each other to make
sure we were as rested as could be expected.
Zach, KD9ESP joined the team this year. He is a 21 year old senior Electrical
Engineering student at Bradley University. Zach was a great addition and made a
lot of QSOs. He listened to the experienced operators and learned very quickly
how to S&P and Run. His enthusiasm for working a new multiplier was
awesome. He is a club member of BUARC, W9JWC.
We had a few more receiving antennas this year. This just gave us a few more
choices on 80 and 160.
The team used FlexRadios 6500/6700 with Maestros with the latest Alpha
software. We also used N1MM Plus networked.
Thanks for the QSOs and fun. See you in CQ WW CW.
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