[3830] CQWW SSB N4KG SOAB(A) HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 32

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   12     6        7
   80:   93    18       52
   40:  159    24       83
   20:  309    31      107
   15:  274    29       98
   10:   86    14       31
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Total:  933   122      378  Total Score = 1,280,000

Club: Alabama Contest Group

Comments:

CQ WW SSB DX Contest 2006  -  N4KG SOAB(A) HP

I like collecting Multipliers and tuning around the bands to observe
propagation and activity.  QRP contesting is compatible with those goals during
high sunspots.  At the Low end of sunspot activity, I moved up to the Low Power
(100W) category to have more fun on the Low Bands.  Low Power Assisted produced
even more multipliers so I enjoyed that activity.  

After discovering that CQ groups everyone that uses Packet Spotting into the
one and only ASSISTED Category, regardless of power, I decided to go High Power
Assisted this year to enable me to work more of the elusive or difficult
multipliers in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.  

Welcome to the World of Packet Pileups…  This is no place to walk
“barefoot”!

Conditions this weekend were challenging with stark differences in propagation
between the first 24 hours and the second 24 hours due to the magnetic
disturbance mid-weekend.

>From the USA, 20M was the workhorse for the weekend.   Several stations from SE
Asia were coming through with fair to good signals the second night just before
and after my sunset.  XX9C had an especially good signal and pileup to go with
it.  I never did work him, but using VFO B, I ran around making contacts with
AH2R, B1Z, B7P, BY1DX, YE0X, and 9M6DXX between calls to XX9C.

40M was GREAT the first night but lacked volume of new stations the second, as
usual.  Several stations in the Pacific (JA, VK, ZL, AH2R) were easily worked
after sunrise.

80M was surprisingly difficult to Europe the first night and noticeably better
the second.  I was especially surprised and pleased to hear and work several
Pacific stations in JA, VK, ZL before my sunrise peak Sunday morning.  

>From Alabama, 160M was the PITS all weekend.  The first night I heard (and
worked) 6Y1V, a VE3, and a K4 around 0600Z.  The second night I heard and
worked PJ2T, V26B, more VE’s, and YV4A while the East Coast was happily
working all over the Caribbean and Europe. NONE of them were discernible here. 
Sunday morning I was pleased to pick up XF4DL on 160 to complete 6 bands.

15 Meters opened earlier and stayed open later than expected on Day 1. 
Foolishly, I just danced between 15 and 20M all morning while more astute
contesters (or those watching Packet Spots from ALL Bands) flocked to the
European opening on 10 Meters.  Such is the price one pays for only watching
spots from the current band…   Day 2 opened to the SE and never moved beyond
EA (and Italy).  Back to 20M.  UGH!  My rate became so bad that I took an hour
off to literally walk-the-dog before noon!
 
What a surprise to work a CT1 as my first contact on 10 Meters at 1930Z
Saturday followed by CU, EA8, and lots of stations to the SE.  Sunday afternoon
would have been very boring without all of the activity from the Caribbean and
South America on 10, then 15, and finally 20 Meters.

Day 1   618  Q’s   103  Zones   326  DXCC (aka Countries)

Day 2   315  Q’s    19   Zones   35  (new) DXCC Countries

N4KG  SOAB (A) High Power    32 Hours (all S&P) from ALA

Band       QSO     Zone      DXCC

160         12       6          7
 80         93      18         52
 40        159      24         83
 20        309      31        107
 15        274      29         98
 10         86      14         31

Total     933     122      378  =  1,280,000  points


Multi-	6 Bands	5 Bands	4 Bands	3 Bands
Banders				
1	PJ2T	CU2A	T40M 	CE4CT
2	V26B	FM/K9NW	CT3YA	CN3A
3	XF4DL	J3A	CT9L	CQ9T
4	6Y1V	NP2B	EA8AH	CX6VM
5		P40W	EA9LZ	DF0HQ
6	(4)	PJ4E	EI7M	DQ4W
7		VE7SV	FS/WY3P	EA4KR
8		YN2EJ	GW4BLE	ED3SSB
9		YV4A	HB0/HB9	EF8A
10			HD2A	TM2T
11		(9)	HI3TEJ	HG6N
12			HI9L	HR2RCH
13			WP2Z	IR4X
14			LR2F	JA3YBK
15			OE4A	AH2R (KH2)
16			OT6A	LR1F
17			PS2T	LT1F
18			S50A	LU7HN
19			TI8M	OE2S
20			VE2IM	OH0Z
21			VY2TT	OM5M
22			VP2MDY	OM8A
23			VP5DX	PY2SBY
24			YT0A	PY2ZXU
25			ZL6QH	PR2A
26			ZS9X	RU1A
27			3V6T	RK2FWA
28			9A1P	V51W
29				V73RY
30			(28)	VE6AO
31				VP5T
32				VP9I
33				XE1RCS
34				3DA0WW
35				5B/AJ2O
36				6W1RY
37				7W2W
				(37)


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