[3830] CQWW CW P40A(KK9A) SOAB QRP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: P40A
Operator(s): KK9A
Station: P40A

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 43

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:   19     7       14
   80:  232    15       45
   40:  789    20       63
   20: 1310    26       86
   15:  916    22       79
   10:  252    11       11
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Total: 3518   101      298  Total Score = 4,146,807

Club: 

Comments:

I recently moved to North Carolina and with various obligations I really didn’t
plan on operating CQWW CW this year.  However, the temptation was too great and
at the last minute I decided to make a quick trip to Aruba for the contest.  I
arrived Wednesday evening and I set up the station and temporary antennas on
Thursday.  Friday was a day of leisure and I spent much of the day at the beach
and downtown.    I operated this contest in the QRP (5 watt) category, just as I
did last year.  The low bands were quiet and I was off to a very nice start
during the first evening.  40m was in terrific shape and I was able to run U.S.
and European stations most of the night.   I was also able to work a lot of
stations on 80m.  On 160m, I worked the close stations but the far stations
apparently couldn’t hear me at all.  Saturday morning, 15m had fantastic
openings to Europe and the U.S.  The band opened early and I jumped right from
40m to 15m, skipping 20m.   I had 172 / QSO hour on 15m, which was definitely
exciting for QRP.   10m was also open pretty well into the U.S. on Saturday.  
On Sunday, I spent more time on 20m to pick up the multipliers that I had
skipped on Saturday.  The band was very crowded well up into the lower portion
of the phone segment.   I kept loosing my frequency to higher power stations,
which became frustrating.  I finished the contest with 87 less QSO’s, 10 less
zones and 2 more countries than last year.   Low band conditions were
exceptional, however the openings on 10m were limited and I worked only 11
countries and 11 zones on that band.   Immediately after the contest I had a
nice dinner with many other contesters in Aruba.  After dinner I started
dissembling the station before going to bed.  Early Monday morning, I took down
all of the temporary antennas and packed for my afternoon flight home.   This
was not a restful Caribbean vacation, but it certainly was a lot of fun.   Thank
you for the QSO’s. Please QSL via WD9DZV.

73,
John KK9A  / P40A
p40a at iguanavilla.com
http://www.qrz.com/p40a


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