CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: N2WQ/VE3
Operator(s): N2WQ
Station: N2WQ/VE3
Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80:
40: 788 1852 55 79 25
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 788 1852 55 79 25 Total Score = 294,468
Club: Contest Club Ontario
Comments:
Due to a storm-related power outage, I started the contest 3 hours late!
Definitely not good for morale.
This is my first real try of the new 4 el yagi at 90 feet up. It works really
well. I had no problem hearing and working JA, HL, VK, and ZL. It was amazing,
and a real bummer, that I could copy Europe about 2 hours before (2000 GMT)
they could (2200 GMT). Clearly I need a real amp to improve the SNR on the far
end.
Having 4 different MMTTY profiles decoding at the same time was very helpful.
Was able to dig out weak signals most of the time. Next time I will add some
more decoding diversity through MMVARI, DXP38, and TrueTTY.
Biggest challenge was staying awake between 1 and 4 am local time. Need much
better rest and stronger coffee for the next one.
All in all I am very pleased with the outcome. Next year's target is at least
1000 QSOs.
Rudy N2WQ
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