CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: W5JR
Operator(s): W5JR
Station: W5JR
Class: SO(A)AB QRP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 20
40: 38
20: 23
15: 22
10: 12
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Total: 115 Prefixes = 92 Total Score = 22,172
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
First time QRP effort, the fastest way to uncover (confirm!) antenna
deficiencies. I knew my best bands would be 40 & 80, but never expected 20 dB
over DX to ignore me on 20m and above. After tough slogging on Saturday, I
checked the power level with another wattmeter and discovered my power was
below 1w - increasing it to a full 5w suddenly started the ball rolling.
Lesson learned is to have a good QRP wattmeter on hand if one intends to run
QRP on a 100w class radio. As others have mentioned, the storms impacted the
available "good" operating time as well as scheduled weekend activities with
the family.
Icom 756ProII (ultimately turned "up" to 5w) with 160, 80, & 40 verticals inthe
woods. And a Buckmaster OCF at 35'.
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