[3830] CQWW CW VY2ZM(N2NT) SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: VY2ZM
Operator(s): N2NT
Station: VY2ZM

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: PEI
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  275    17       54
   80: 1103    23       74
   40: 1492    27       84
   20: 1094    30       90
   15: 1258    24       92
   10: 1056    26       81
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Total: 6278   147      475  Total Score = 10,497,494

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

What a fun contest!
I went up to Jeff's station with one goal of breaking the NA record held by
8P9Z(K4BAI). I knew if I did, KP3Z would just break it more :) But still I was
happy to make the goal. 

I didn't know what to expect from Canada, but I knew Jeff's station was loud,
especially on the low bands.  
My plan was to work lots of multipliers. It worked out backwards. I was not
prepared for the rates in this contest, and as a result my mult strategy went
out the window. But it was great. I haven't felt that loud since operating at
NP4A in the early eighties! Plus we were so good on the low bands, I spent too
much time running there and as a result the mults suffered.
I learned alot and if I ever did it again, I would operate quite differently.
You can't use a NJ/USA strategy from there. It was a struggle to work SA and
Asia , so lots of mults were missed. Ah well....

OTOH, lots of 200 hours, and a peak of 230. Only thing is, lots of guys were
calling UY2ZM. It is not the easiest CW call to copy I suppose when sending
fast. Every time I called someone on the second radio, UY2ZM would be sent back.
It got frustrating. And most of the stations that usually QSY  that I asked to
move, flat out said no; even when I said "But it's me, your ole pal Andy" they
still said that's nice, but NO :)
When I hit the wall on Sunday, I could still run stations, but I couldn't
remember my callsign. I was thinking am I VY2 or YV2 or V47 ZM?
Then I would hit the F4 key so it would remind me!

A big thanks to Jeff K1ZM for spending the weekend up there with me. I felt bad
that he had to be there just to watch, but the house is too complicated to be
there alone. It is a beautiful QTH, and fun to operate from.
It is now fully functional SO2R and auto switched. Hopefully Jeff will trust it
now that I have broken it in!
Jeff kept feeding me, and that was the only reason I left had to leave the
chair. I warned him. :)

Congrats on all the big scores out there I have seen. Of course KP3Z and the
VP9I low power score stood out to me. It was also nice to hear my home signal
coming back to me (WW2Y at N2NT). My home 40mtr beam broke the day before the
contest in the high winds, so it hampered his effort a bit, but he was still
loud!
I can't imagine not doing this contest, it is the one required activity for me
of the year.

73, Andy N2NT


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