CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: OG8X
Operator(s): OH6KZP
Station: OH8X
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Arkala
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 30
80: 159
40: 569
20: 1330
15: 554
10: 22
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Total: 2664 Prefixes = 954 Total Score = 4,981,788
Club: Contest Club Finland
Comments:
The nearly total absence of night-time darkness in OH8 (65 deg. northern
latitude) and the presence of heavy aurora are a challenging mix for WPX CW.
A winning combination requires well-placed stints on the low bands and good
high-band DX propagation, and this time it was not to be. Saturday was
miserable, but there was some relief towards the end of the contest, especially
when 15m opened to W6/W7. Achieving any record was hopeless in the face of
generally absent DX openings.
I used the live scoreboard at cqcontest.ru, and it was a lot of fun to follow
my "local" SOABHP competition with Pekka, OH2TA, at OH0X. When my
final rest period ended at about 1230z on Sunday, the purpose of my life became
to close the ~500 kpts gap between OH0X and OG8X and to emerge victorious. A
great way to avert the boredom of poor propagation, but even though I worked
the two radios like crazy, nothing was enough this time :) Well done, Pekka.
Thanks to the Radio Arcala team for this opportunity. Special thanks to my host
Veijo, OH6KN, for stimulating Friday-evening discussions around our shared
profession of integrated circuits. And of course, thanks for the QSOs to
everybody.
73
Kim OH6KZP
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