CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: K4HQK
Operator(s): K4HQK
Station: K4HQK
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Alexandria, VA
Operating Time (hrs): 13.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 57
20: 239
15: 11
10: 26
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Total: 333 Prefixes = 261 Total Score = 191,313
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Operated on a time-available basis starting Saturday morning. The most
interesting aspect of the WPX CW contest was the propagation. Saturday's was
perfectly normal until evening, when signals on 20 meters developed a hollow
echo. Sunday morning the band was almost dead, the result of a CME walloping
the ionosphere to create G3 conditions. The bands did not begin to recover
until Sunday afternoon, revealing some life still in 15 and 10 meters, mainly
through sporadic E and TEP. As we neared the end of the contest, conditions in
the Eastern U.S. had partially recovered but were still only a fraction of
Saturday night's activity levels and skip distances. The Sun had played quite a
nasty trick on the CQ WPX contest.
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