WAE DX Contest, RTTY
Call: W4PK
Operator(s): W4PK
Station: W4PK
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 29
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts QTCs Mults
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80: 106 106 0 108
40: 327 327 140 180
20: 311 311 289 148
15: 446 446 480 166
10: 255 255 387 110
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Total: 1445 1445 1296 712 Total Score = 1,951,592
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
There were super conditions on Saturday morning with stations from Europe
banging in on 20M and 15M at 20db over S9 or more! On 10M they were not quite
as strong but still many were running S9+ on the meter.
I made a tactical mistake by declining to either send or receive QTC's early in
the contest, thinking that I will have plenty of opportunity to use them up
later on. But conditions were significantly poorer on Sunday, and I had about
half of my available QTC's left by the end of the contest.
Both 40 and 80 were plagued with noise and poor copy, and as a result I went to
bed early both nights.
This year 15M was my best band, and on late on Saturday afternoon I had
contacts with JA, HL, YB, DU(!), BY, VK, ZL, and several other far-east
stations. I was even able to exchange QTC's with several JA stations! But
come Sunday it was a different story. I only heard one JA station and he was
calling someone else.
I had fun, thanks for all the Q's and especially thanks for putting up with my
occasional goof-ups!
73, Sam W4PK
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