CQWW WPX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: LZ1AQ
Operator(s): LZ1AQ
Station: LZ1AQ
Class: SOAB QRP
Class Overlay: Classic
QTH: nr Sofia
Operating Time (hrs): 16
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 74
40: 171
20: 98
15: 57
10: 83
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Total: 483 Prefixes = 305 Total Score = 257,420
Club:
Comments:
I decided to try QRP to see what is possible. The propagation was very
beneficial for QRP due to Es layer which makes high bands open with strong Eu
signals. Part time (16 h) participation. The location is a deep valley
surrounded by hills , semi-rural . East and West directions are closed at least
to 20 degrees elevation. Very few DX outside Europe were made - to mention
KC1XX ,WW1X,KM1W on 80 m band – great ears! Tried to call CQ several times
but it was useless. In this propagation and with this setup, with a full time
(36 h) participation , 1000 QSO are possible. Two or 3 contacts were made
with full power due to errors in manipulations after band change but I do not
think this will make any difference in the winners list :-)
Setup was minimally possible:
Ant: Dipole 2 x 14 m as inverted V for all bands, 4 m above the house roof
(12 m total height) with open wire feeder. Separate RX wideband phased array
with small magnetic loops used on all bands which proved to be extremely useful.
Rig: External automatic antenna tuner and Icom756pro at 5W synchronized with
Perseus SDR using a special switch box in order to use the same inverted V as
RX antenna . Practically the Icom rig was used only as a transmitter.
73 Chavdar LZ1AQ www.lz1aq.signacor.com
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