CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K9NW
Operator(s): K9NW
Station: K9UWA
Class: SOSB/80 HP
QTH: Indiana
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80: 673 29 107
40:
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 673 29 107 Total Score = 239,632
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
IC-765
Alpha 87A
4-sqaure sloping dipole array (K8UR style) from 100' tower.
First time in 12 years that I haven't been on the DX side of the pileup....had
to relearn sending 5nn04. :-)
This was a good year to be on the low bands! From time to time the band would
shift from good to very good to really, really good. Lots of nice signals. A
ton of northern EU who are often shut out. JH1OGC was very prominent for hours
at a time. Only two zones heard that I didn't work: z17 (UN4L had a nice
signal) and z22 (8Q7DV calling mults.) RW4PL had a really nice long path
signal Sunday morning. 23 zones and 93 countries after the first 12 hours!
The only lowlight was a local noise source that appeared Saturday afternoon and
persisted for the first few hours of darkness. Condx were such that many
signals were stronger but it undoubtedly cost a few QSOs and at least one mult.
Otherwise it was mostly highlights!
Kudos to the guys who ID frequently (who also are almost always the
high-scoring types.) Without cluster spots to assist, it's an execise in
patience sometimes with very strong local stations calling just as the mystery
DX sends his call after 5 mins....so you wait another 5 minutes....
Hope to be back on the DX side again next year. Thanks for the QSOs!
73, Mike K9NW
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