CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: P49Y
Operator(s): AE6Y
Station: P49Y
Class: SOABClassic HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 55 6 11
80: 266 14 38
40: 1113 20 68
20: 1371 25 75
15: 1525 23 77
10: 559 13 24
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Total: 4889 101 293 Total Score = 5,673,206
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Well, this is my fourth Classic entry (phone this year and in 2015, and CW in
2014 and 2016). It's definitely a good "old man's" category. It's
so civilized to get some sleep and be able just to walk away from the radio for
an hour if all that QRM screaming distorted audio in your ears can't be suffered
any more, hi.
The contact total is down about 6% from 2015, but mults are down by about
15%. This was due mainly to worse 10m propagation, but also to a reduced zone
count on other bands due to less worldwide propagation from here, e.g., to Asia
and Oceania. Here's a comparison of contacts/countries/zones on 10 meters:
2017: 565/24/13, 2015: 2372/81/26.
But there were great stateside runs on 40-10 to liven up the contest. It's
hard to believe that my best hour was on 40 meters (313 Qs) on Friday night(a
40m record from here in any contest).
Aruba had lots of activity, with John, W2GD, on as P40W (LP(A)), Yuri, VE3DZ,
as P40T (AB HP), and Lisandro, P43L, as a single-band 80, plus some other locals
as well. In lieu of the traditional post-contest diner, we elected this time
for a post-contest breakfast at the Hyatt, with everyone in much better shape
than in the evening.
Thanks to everyone for the generally good manners shown in the contest. I
had a few very brief episodes that sounded like jamming (e.g., one guy cursed
me out for a while on 20 till the pileup drowned him out). But it sure would
be nice if the distorted audio guys would turn down their processors. In the
pileups, it is always easier to pull out the callers with very clean audio,
even if their signals aren't as strong as someone you have trouble
understanding because of garbled audio.
As always, thanks to co-owner John, W6LD, and frequent user Ed, W0YK, for all
their efforts in maintaining the station, and to Cris and Jean-Pierre (P43C,
P43A) for their help with the house. BTW, I'll put a picture on the website
shortly displaying Cris's new trim color for the house: a bright magenta that
is much more interesting and eye-catching than the old blue or green colors she
has used in the past. A full write-up on the contest will also be there. See
www.arubaqth.com
73, Andy, AE6Y, P49Y
Rig: K3, Alpha 91B
Ant: 2 el 10, 5 el 15, 4 el 20, 2 el 40, 1 el 80, vertical dipole 160,
beverages
Software: CQPWIN ver. 12.9
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