[3830] CQWW CW W0AH SOAB QRP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: W0AH
Operator(s): W0AH
Station: W0AH

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Colorado
Operating Time (hrs): 33

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:    5     3        4
   80:   20     9        7
   40:   55    15       29
   20:  178    27       67
   15:  195    26       68
   10:  187    23       59
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Total:  640   103      234  Total Score = 586,043

Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado

Comments:

I'm feeling a little sad and nostalgic.  My wife and I moved here in 1988, and
this might have been my last CQWW from here (and last SS two weeks ago).  Back
then I was pretty much a VHF contester (W2CRS) and occasional HF QRPer with
medioce CW skills.  Well, some things don't change :-).   I choose this hilltop
location for VHF, but lack of VHF activity and the ability to experiment with
antennas on 5 acres made me into an HF contester.   This month was the first
time all the monobanders (single monobanders on 4 different towers plus a
Hytower, 80M delta loop, and 160M 1/4 wl vertical) were working and rotatable,
so I decided to put in a competitive effort timewise, which seems to get harder
every year.  If we can sell the house, we'll move to a milder climate next year,
which probably means downsizing to a small tribander, a Hytower, and VHF/UHF
antennas.  
Conditions this weekend were unexpectantly good.
Charlie, N9CO, and I will operate the ARRL 160M test in December (if my long
disused Ten Tec amp is working..), And Charlie will probably operate the 10M
test. 
Doug W0AH


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