WAE DX Contest, CW
Call: G3TXF
Operator(s): G3TXF
Station: G3TXF
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Devon
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 95 35 124
40: 209 503 150
20: 527 1229 158
15: 76 3 74
10: 0 0
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Total: 907 1770 506 Total Score = 1,354,562
Club: Chiltern DX Club
Comments:
It's the magic of the QTCs that defines the WAE Contest. With the excellent
logging software available, almost everyone nowadays sends their QTCs in the
correct sequence. And receiving them is great fun too. Getting a full set of
ten clean QTCs into the log is just as much fun as finding another Multiplier!
Had intended to start contest at 0000z, but overslept a bit after a pre-contest
snooze. Started about one hour late. Had a further three short breaks during the
contest, totalling just over 12 hours, and was then able to keep going right up
the end. During the last hour many non-EU stations are frantically trying to
dump their last few QTCs on anyone passing by, while the EU stations are
looking for any non-EU with a stack of uncleared QTCs going begging!
Had no real antennas for 15m and 10m. The 40m dipole had to be used on 15m to
work just a few mults on that band. 20m and 40m were the main bands, with 20m
being open to the USA for long periods. Despite there being one or two loud JAs
on 20m there were never any runs of JAs. It's the Asiatic Russians to the East
and the USA/Canada to the West that provide the volumes of QSOs with several
nice multipliers from other parts of the world thrown in.
Antennas :
80m : Wire dipole at 80ft
40m : Rotary dipole at 80ft
20m : 3-el yagi at 80ft
15m : 40m-dipole
10m : Nothing
Station : K3 + Acom 2000A with Win-Test logging software (which makes the tidy
logging of received QTCs just so easy!)
73 - Nigel G3TXF
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