CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: VE5KS
Operator(s): VE5KS
Station: VE5KS
Class: SO(A)SB15 LP
QTH: Canada
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 295
10:
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Total: 295 Prefixes = 218 Total Score = 149,112
Club:
Comments:
When the contest started and conditions were so poor, my goal was to get to
50,000 points, then 100,000 and then 150,000. Well I came up just shy of the
150,000. Missed Friday evening, but by looking at the conditions I don't think
I missed much. Saturday conditions were not very good at all. No EU or JA's
heard. I found it very hard to work stations before noon (1800Z) but after that
it worked much better. I could only manage about 20 Q's per hour. On Sunday it
started out much better I worked a number of EU stations and two JA's. Over a
one hour period (2000-2100Z) I was able to get a run going, which accounted for
30% of my score, but then conditions went back down. At least I had a bit of a
good opening. I was pleased to work 5W1SA and D3AA but could not break the pile
up for 3V8BB who was coming in at 10db over S9.
I found the signals were sometimes coming in at strange angles so there was a
lot of turning the beam around to find the best bearing.
The skip was generally over the W7/W9/W0 areas so I missed out of a lot of Q's
and mults from those areas. With normal conditions I would have worked a lot of
them but not this time.
Even with the strange conditions I had a lot of fun, I think the challenge of
working in less than optimal conditions makes it more interesting.
See you all in the next contest
73
John VE5KS
rig: Kenwood TS 140S
ant: Cushcraft A3S @ 13 metres.
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