[3830] CQWW SSB WO1N SOAB(A) LP

[wo1n at arrl.net]

                     CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
                    
Call: WO1N
Operator(s): WO1N
Station: WO1N

Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: Mass
Operating Time (hrs): 32
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Zones  Countries
-------------------------------
  160:      3      2      2
   80:     27      7     18
   40:     65     18     45
   20:    184     29     94
   15:    233     30    107
   10:    269     31    111
-------------------------------
Total:    781    117    377  =  1,078,896

Club/Team: YCCC

Comments:

Equipment Description: FT1000D, TA33 at 38', Alpha Delta DX-LB, Inv L for 80M

 6 hrs into this years torture test I was ahead of my best effort
from the home station. 10M and 15M were open late with lots of great
multipliers. After a 1.5 hr sleep break I was ready for the morning, looking
forward to some good rate into Europe. Not to be. I left the
station for almost 2 hrs Saturday morning to help a fellow contester who was
having logging problems. Neither one of us were happy about this as he lost
all of his previous night Qs and I was not at the radio. I had the best hour
of the contest, a measely 56Qs when I got back home. The rest of the day was
slow, 20-30Q hrs. I kept at it until 0600Z though my energy levels were low,
lots of short breaks. After a 4Q hour, I was fairly fed up. I took a 6 hr
break. Back on at 1300Z and slogged it out all day Sunday but could not get
any rate. Missed the US on 40M, aarrggghh! I was lucky to break a million.

 I got psyched out by the wierd/good/bad propagation and low rates. On a
positive note I figured out I could key in the sub VFO frequency faster from
the keypad than I could spin the dial while working 40M split. Packet was
better than last year, but I could not spot without getting dumped.


CU in CW from K1TTT,

Ken
WO1N



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