CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY - 2022
Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W6QU
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: San Diego
Operating Time (hrs): 28.1
Summary:
Band QSOs State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 15 10 2 2
40: 52 20 6 7
20: 54 24 10 11
15: 124 35 29 17
10: 54 16 20 14
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Total: 299 105 67 51 Total Score = 113,507
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
STATION W8QZA:
Radio: Yaesu FT-817, 5 Watts
Antennas:
10-15-20 Meters: 3 el Stepp-IR up 32 feet
40 Meters: 1/4 wave vertical with 3 radials
40 & 160 Meters: DX-LB trap dipole up 30 feet
80 Meters: Inverted L with 2 radials
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Now that all the major DX contests are publishing raw scores a week or two after
the contest, there is not much reason to have 3830 for these contests except to
read the comments, ...which I love to do!
The contest started poorly for me. I called station after station, and none came
back to me. Checked everything and no luck, everything seemed to be working
perfectly. I quit, helped out with the grandsons, had dinner, when it occurred
to me to check the RTTY settings. The Mark had somehow been changed and I was
transmitting about 1 KHz off frequency. So I lost the first 2 1/2 hours of
operation. But that was it and everything worked perfectly for the rest of the
contest.
Conditions were decent. While I worked only two Europe stations on Saturday, I
was able to get 14 on Sunday, a few on 20 and most on 15. I never heard a
European station on 10 Meters.
My best QSO was VK9DX on 40 Meters, ...on one call. As with most of my contests,
I was entirely S&P with no CQing.
I think I heard one Russian station being worked during the entire contest,
consistent with the ruling to have Russian and Byelorussian Qs not count in the
CQ contests. I also heard D2UY CQing who (I think) claims to be in that section
of Ukraine presently occupied by Russian forces. I didn't hear anyone call back
to his very strong sig.
Contest season is back! See you all in the CQWWDX SSB contest!
...Bill W6QU - W8QZA
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