[3830] CQWW CW AA4LR SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    0     0        0
   80:   13     9        9
   40:   97    17       50
   20:  193    23       89
   15:   75    18       39
   10:    0     0        0
------------------------------
Total:  378    67      187  Total Score = 258,826

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Antennas:
Cushcraft A3S/A743 at 15m (40-10m)
Shunt-fed 15m tower (80m)

Equipment:
Elecraft K2/100 w/ KAT100 running 100 watts

Comments:

I didn't expect to operate this contest at all. Family was supposed to travel
to my father's place for Thanksgiving. However, my eldest daughter managed to
contract a very serious GI infection and wasn't fit to travel 12 hours in a
car. So, we made do with Thanksgiving at home. 

Off and on Saturday and Sunday, I managed 20 hours of operating. The 1/4
million points is a personal best from the home QTH in this contest. Worked
virtually all S&P. The one time I managed to CQ, I was called by a KH6 portable
W7. (Drat!) That one was a mult for me, so I can't complain.

Although conditions weren't anything to scream about (10m never seemed to open
at all. The only station I heard there was NQ4i CQing endlessly on several
occasions), there was plenty of good DX to work. Europe was there in force, and
I was surprised at the number of africans as well. I worked four different
stations from 6W alone. And high marks for the op at 3X5A. He was managing an
enormous pileup all the time, but I somehow got through on three different
bands.

Breaking big pileups with 100 watts and a big of skillful calling makes for
some satisfying operating. The only problem were the stations who didn't
identify very often. I think many stations have gotten too dependent on
spotting networks to do their identifying for them.


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