CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: VE6CNU
Operator(s): VE6CNU
Station: VE6CNU
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Calgary
Operating Time (hrs): 26
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 53
40: 65
20: 343
15: 2
10:
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Total: 463 Prefixes = 275 Total Score = 346,500
Club: ALBERTA CLIPPERS
Comments:
I used to think the three words to be most feared were, "I love you". After
this contest, I've changed my mind. They are now, "Again, my number?" Without
a doubt, these were the worst conditions I've ever experienced in my 2+ years of
contesting - and doubt they can get any worse. Being at the sunspot cycle low
is one thing, but having aurora conditions almost all weekend is just too much.
About the best thing I can say about this contest is that I now have a mental
baseline against which I can judge all future contests. In other words, it
can't get any worse!
The contest started at 6PM local time on Friday. I made a total of 2 QSOs on
15m and 10m was dead as could be. On 20m, the JAs and EUs were gone by this
time, and I managed to work some South America and US. Switching to 40m and
80m, band condx were poor as well. I called it a night at 12:30AM (Sat
morning) and got up at 6AM to see what was on. There were no signals on 20m,
and I managed to work a few stations on 40m and 80m. Condx didn't improve much
all day and it didn't matter that I took 4 hours off (9:30AM to 1:30PM) to
attend a local ham flea market and look at possible Field Day sites out of
town. Saturday was almost a total wash out as I heard no Europeans and only 1
or 2 JAs! Sunday wasn't much better, but at least I STARTED to hear the big
gun European stations coming through around 11:30AM local time. I made a list
of about 20 of them, as none could hear me. Finally, around 1:30PM, I started
getting through to some. It usually took 10 or 12 times (or more!), screaming
into the mic to get my serial number across. (Thanks to all those who stayed
with me, and I don't blame those who didn't!) While condx improved over the
afternoon, it appeared that there just weren't many hams doing the contest.
Again, this must have been just my observation, as I heard some of the big gun
stations with huge numbers.
Anyway, thanks to all those who struggled to pull me through and know that next
time the condx will be better.
73,
Jerry
VE6CNU
(Running FT-1000MP barefoot (100W) with TH6 DXX at 42', inverted vee for 40m,
and shunt-fed tower for 80m.
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