CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: WQ6X
Operator(s): WQ6X
Station: NX6T
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: Fallbrook, Ca.
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 101
40: 166
20: 85
15: 90
10: 2
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Total: 444 Prefixes = 253 Total Score = 233,266
Club: San Diego Contest Club
Comments:
This was a mixed-emotion remote operation from NX6T's contest in Fallbrook, Ca.
Due to weird audio-routing problems I got a late start (02:00z) with more
problems surfacing a half hour into the contest.
Equipment-wise Station #1 consisted of an Elecraft K3 running into an ACOM
2000a amp to the tune of about 800 watts (keeping the amp heat and the shack
down to 40-deg c)into a C-31XR tri-bander for the high bands, 2-el on 40 and an
80-m Inverted Vee.
Overall Saturday ran rather well altho throughout the weekend Auroral flutter
made voices sound strange; sometimes resulting in 2 copies of the same signal
coming at me simultaneously - very strange indeed.
I mostly ran frequencies interspersed with S&P thanks to spots on the band
map.
40 meters brought a bunch of EU and even some AF QSOs - very nice for us Left
Coast operators. Surprisingly, 80-meters yielded a dozen SA stations; not bad
for an inverted Vee.
On Saturday 10 meters yielded only 2 QSOs (@23:00z) even though a I called CQ
throughout the day.
The BiG disappointment came (@19:20z) when a power failure occurred in the NX6T
shack with no human operators present to restore the power. For WQ6X, that was
the end of the contest. The hoped-for 2nd shot at 15 & 10 meters never
happened.
An upside of this disappointment is that I learned how to program the K3's
voice memories remotely, allowing me to run the contest largely with function
keys.
I also made extensive use of an EASY Button ("That was Easy") when
pressing F3 to send the "Thank You" message.
Did YOU hear the easy button?
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