[3830] WPX CW 8P1A(W2SC) SOAB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: 8P1A
Operator(s): W2SC
Station: 8P1A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Barbados
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:   34
   40:  938
   20:  923
   15: 1682
   10:  364
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Total: 3941  Prefixes = 860  Total Score = 11,224,720

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

I would definitely do this contest again!

It was a quick turnaround, low intensity operation made possible by my wife
going out of town for the weekend.

My operation strategy needs some further analysis.  The plan was to pound the
lowbands and run EU on the highbands to optimize points per QSO.  I did well
sacrificing pure QSO totals and optimizing QSO point rate.  However, US mults
sustained long after the rate of incoming EU mults declined.  I was not
expecting this and a different strategy would have yielded a better multiplier
total.  It is not immediately obvious whther I should have run the US more on
the high bands.  While I did beam in two directions, all band choices were
predicated on running EU.  Unfortunately, the need to tradeoff mults versus QSO
points enhances the 3-point advantage even further.  :-(

The good news is that the CW rust wore off after the first hour.  :-)

Super jobs by D4B, PR0F, and P41P who beat me handily.  Incredibly, I never
worked PR0F despite a fair amount of SO2R work.

A longer version of this story is on my website at
http://tgeorgens.home.mindspring.com

Thanks for the Q's and for a fun event

73, Tom W2SC


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