First QSO was with ZD8Z, then a few South and Central American stations.
A dozen VK's, a few KH6's, and several ZL's mixed in with the 100 or
stateside stations. Saturday started off with quite a bit of activity
from Africa (including D4, TZ, 9G, 3DA, ZS, S9, 5U, 3V, V5, VQ9, ST, 8Q,
and 5R). By 1330Z all the Euros worked were scatter, and only a
precious few were in the log. Finally, some direct path to EA, CT and F.
By 2200Z I worked the first JA and ended up with about 50 in the log by
0000Z. At this point I figured I would not even make 1/2 million
points. Fortunately, Sunday was much better. Europe was in shortly
after sunrise where I started at #698 and by 2000Z I was at #1200.
During all that I still managed to snag E21 and YB over the pole around
1500Z. It then slowed down dramatically. I ended up with the following
numbers:
CQ WW PHONE WPX Contest
Call: NJ4U
Operator: K4EA
Station: 6EL @ 93' 3el @70' fixed SE, 3El @45' fixed W
Class: SOSB/15 HP
QTH: GEORGIA
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts
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15 1277 2803 Prefixes = 663 Total Score = 1,858,389
Some final thoughts. Even with the flux in the mid 80's, conditions
were good on Sunday. The real bonus was the rain that kept my line
noise down so I could hear the "weak" ones (including a QRP JA!). Kudos
to Court who toughed it out on 10M. (Congrats on the 8Q long path QSO.
BTW, I can remember working 9M, YB, 9V, and VS6 on the morning long path
over South America from Southern Cal at the bottom of the cycle in the
mid 1970's.)
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