CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: SO(A)AB LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 9
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 33
40: 69
20: 84
15: 58
10: 32
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Total: 276 Prefixes = 194 Total Score = 122,414
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Antennas:
160/80m trap Inverted L
80/40m trap dipole
Cushcraft R7000 at 3.5m
Equipment:
Elecraft K3/100
Comments:
This was just supposed to be a casual operation to help build some of my 80m
DXCC totals for 5BDXCC. I had gotten the 80m trap on the 160m inverted L, so I
figured I was ready to go.
The trouble started when I went to set up the Acer for use in the contest. I've
detailed my woes there on my blog:
http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-reason-i-hate-windows.html.
Suffice it to say that I lost operating time Friday evening and two hours of
the Saturday morning band openings.
Conditions in the mid-spring aren't great for 80m propagation. I did manage to
work and confirm a couple more countries for 80m DXCC. Many stations merely
CQ'd in my face. This would probably be easier with more than 100w. While I do
have an amp, it is currently not at the micro-shack. Perhaps I'll have to do
that before this fall.
During the day, I handed out contacts on the high bands, which was loads of
fun.
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