[3830] WPX SSB PJ2T M/S HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: PJ2T
Operator(s): K2PLF, N4RV, DF7ZS, W9JUV, WA9YYY, W0CG
Station: PJ2T

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Netherlands Antilles
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    5
   80:  316
   40:  876
   20: 1914
   15:  930
   10:   15
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Total: 4056  Prefixes = 1085  Total Score = 16,674,280

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

This was by far our worst contesting experience since we kicked off the PJ2T
operation in November, 2000. Despicable conditions -- it was tempting to turn
off the boxes and go to the beach, but we hung in there. The coronal hole
Friday night and Saturday spiked the K index up rapidly, killing 10 and making
runs on 15 impossible, even from here. The high A index and tremendous QRN the
first night also killed the low bands. Most of this contest experience was like
getting dental work. Paradoxically, 10 meters was wide open on Thursday before
the contest, and we had our first runs into Europe from here for several years.


Many thanks to Helmut (DF7ZS) and Annette for making the long trip to
PJ2T(their third), only to encounter our worst conditions in seven years. At
least the sunshine held up and their beach experiences were good ones. Thanks
also to WA9YYY for signing on at the last minute and joining with a group of
characters heretofore unknown to him. It was also great to see K2PLF and CCC
member N4RV back on site again. Long time member W9JUV rounded out the crew,
having made so many trips to PJ2T now that I have lost count!

So we're here: the bottom. Things just can't get any worse, and the contest
community can now look forward to a few years of constantly improving
conditions. If we had any more operations like this one I'd be looking for a
different hobby.

On the plus side, we had another great weekend with zero hardware and zero
software problems. Writelog was perfect yet again, and our recently acquired
Titan III played flawlessly at the run station. The ionosphere is the only
thing that broke this weekend. 

Many thanks to all of our CCC members and guests for their continuing support
of the station. 

     73,

         - Geoff, W0CG, PJ2DX, for the PJ2T gang


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