CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: K4AQ
Operator(s): K4AQ
Station: K4AQ
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: CQZ 5, Atlanta GA
Operating Time (hrs): 20.7 (48 max)
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 28 28 13 1 2
40: 51 62 25 6 7
20: 96 143 27 20 12
15: 17 27 5 5 7
10: 4 12 0 3 2
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Total: 196 272 70 35 29 Total Score = 36,448
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/RTTY%20Rules%20200491404.pdf
My third CQ WW DX RTTY contest:
2004 2003* 2002*
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Score 36,448 58,464 108,335
Op Time 20.7 19.9 25.3
QSOs 196 196 250
QSO Pts 272 336 461
St/Prov 70 78 103
DX 35 54 83
CQZones 29 42 49
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*WB6BWZ
WAC: 5 of 6 (Africa not heard)
DXCC: 23 (incl KH6 & KL)
WAS: 36 of 50
VE Provinces: 5 of 14
Best DX (and my one and only Asian QSO!):
260723z JE1ZWT, Japan, 40m, 6828 mi (1366 mi/watt)
I heard and called ZL2AMI/New Zealand several times but he did not come
back to me.
Thanks to NL7G/Alaska (251827z, 20m) for pulling my QRP sig out of a big
pile up.
Every European QSO was a treat. Strange that the weaker EU stns heard my
QRP sigs just fine, usually answering me on my first call, while the
stronger sigs did not recognize me at all (QRZ? or AGN?).
Had a pipeline into Italy whenever I heard them. They also answered on
my first call.
AFRICA was the only continent not heard. I did hear/print US stns
working African stns. I just could not hear them with my wire antenna.
I was surprised having quite a few 80m and 15m QSOs. 10m and 15m were
open but not many stns were heard.
Worked HC8N/Galapagos Island 40-10 meters. Tried them on 80m but 2500 mi
is stretching it a bit for my NVIS antenna even though I worked them on
5 bands last year. They were a beacon on all bands!
KH7X/Hawaii, whom I worked on 15-40m, moved me to 10m (from 15m) but I
could not hear him there at all, at any time.
80m Summary
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Zones
4 5
Countries
K
States/Provinces
MA NJ NY PA NC SC TN VA OH IL IN CO
MO
40m Summary
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Zones
3 4 5 8 10 25 31
Countries
HC8 JA K KH6 KP2 VE
States/Provinces
RI NJ NY MD PA GA NC SC VA MS NM TX
CA AZ ID OR WA OH IL CO KS MN MO SD
ON
20m Summary
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Zones
1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 14 15 31
Countries
CM EA GI HA HC8 HI I IT9 K KH6
KL LU LX OK OM ON PA VE XE YV
States/Provinces
CT MA NH RI PA LA NM OK TX CA AZ ID
OR UT WA MI CO IA KS MN MO SD NB QC
ON AB BC
15m Summary
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Zones
3 4 8 10 13 31
Countries
HC8 HI K KH6 LU
States/Provinces
NM CA AZ ID OR
10m Summary
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Zones
10 13
Countries
HC HC8 LU
States/Provinces
(none)
Yaesu FT-897 transceiver operated at 5 watts into an OCF 28-gauge
insulated stranded wire stealth antenna up 40 feet in heavy foliage
trees next to I-75 in downtown Atlanta industrial area. SGC SG-237
Smartuner. Tigertronics SignaLink SL-1 sound card radio interface.
MicroHAM USB rig interface. WriteLog 10.48f with Rttyrite.
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Matt Lee, K4AQ
Atlanta, GA USA
<K4AQ@arrl.net>
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