CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: WB6BWZ
Operator(s): WB6BWZ
Station: WB6BWZ
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Atlanta, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 17.1 (Single Op: 36 max of 48;
60 minutes minimum off time)
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: --
80: 13
40: 28
20: 80
15: 76
10: 17
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Total: 214 Prefixes = 141 Total Score = 49,914
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/WPXRules2004.pdf
My second CQ WPX SSB contest:
Score QSO Pts Prefix WAC DXCC Time
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2004 49,914 214 354 141 6 33 17.1
2003 107,694 352 579 186 6 35 27.3
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2004 QSO Pts Pref
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160M -- -- --
80M 13 13 8
40M 28 31 19
20M 80 126 54
15M 76 152 50
10M 17 32 10
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Total 214 354 141
2003 QSO Pts Pref
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160M -- -- --
80M 32 35 21
40M 26 32 9
20M 117 167 64
15M 90 165 43
10M 87 180 49
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Total 352 579 186
Best DX
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1. 3B9C: 20M SSB, Rodriguez Island, 10,267* mi (2053 mi/watt)
DXpedition: http://www.fsdxa.com/3b9c/ (271141z)
2. VK3TZ: 20M SSB, near Melbourne, 9,762* mi (1952 mi/watt)
(280754z)
Thanks to JG3GCN for being my only Asiatic continent QSO.
There would be no WAC sweep for me without this QSO.
(20M SSB, 6828* mi, 280734z)
DXCC worked
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3B9 6Y 9Y CM CT CT3 CX EA FG FM
FY HI HK HP JA K KG4 KH6 KP2 KP4
LU P4 PJ2 PY TI VE VK VP5 XE YN
YV ZF ZL
Nice to have 20M open "around the clock!"
Worked NQ4I on 80M, 40M and 15M. Called NQ4I on 160M and 20M with no
recognition. NQ4I not heard on 10M.
Highlight
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Having 3B9C answer me on my first call! Had no problem with our
exchanges. QSO confirmed the same day in 3B9C's online log!
Yaesu FT-897 transceiver operated at 5 watts into a 5-MHz OCF 28-gauge
insulated wire stealth antenna up 40 feet in trees next to I-75 in
downtown Atlanta industrial area. SGC SG-237 Smartuner. Heil Pro-Set
Plus! WriteLog 10.46g.
*per WriteLog's direction/distance database
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Matt Lee, WB6BWZ
Atlanta, Georgia USA
<wb6bwz@arrl.net>
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