CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: K4ZW
Operator(s): K4ZW
Station: K4ZW
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 23 7 16
80: 118 19 64
40: 131 22 73
20: 748 31 114
15: 1017 35 132
10: 1445 38 127
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Total: 3482 152 526 = 6,805,764
Club/Team: PVRC
Comments:
10 meters Saturday evening was as good as it gets. JA's were loud and
plentiful. Had a bunch of BV's, YB's, DU's and XV9TH answer my CQ's. Sunday
was a little like trying to run a race with the parking brake on as far as
props go.
One of my goals this year, is to try and improve my multiplier totals.
They've been a little weak at times last year as compared to other SOAB scores.
So far, so good. Now if I could somehow master the art of generating some
sort or run, however small, on 40 SSB.
This was also the first time I ran a contest for the full 48 hours. I didn't
really plan it going into Friday night. It just worked out that way. Call it
luck or whatever but this time it wasn't a big struggle to keep going. ( I
suspect that might change as conditions start to tail off during the upcoming
years) I don't know how much of an impact this had, but about three weeks
prior, I really started to push myself in the heath center in the hopes of
boosting my stamina a bit. I also laid off caffeine during this period hoping
that when I did need it during the weekend, it might be more effective.
Have a few station maintenance items to tend to like an overloaded T2X
rotator that started to act up during the weekend and some intermittent
connection in the 10 meter antenna system. Nothing that impacted my overall
score but just some of the routine things that go into keeping a station
running.
I'll be over in JT land for WW CW. I think I'll be doing the single op thing
but if not, then it will likely be a multi/something with my hosts JT1CO and
JT1BG. In any event, count on some good zone 23 activity.
73
Ken K4ZW
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