[3830] CQWW CW 6V7D(K1XM) SOAB QRP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: 6V7D
Operator(s): K1XM
Station: 6W7RV

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Senegal
Operating Time (hrs): 41

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   10     6        9
   80:   40    10       32
   40:  343    16       60
   20:  602    25       86
   15: 1113    25       90
   10:  119    13       41
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Total: 2227    95      318  Total Score = 2,702,672

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Station:  Elecraft K2, Titanex vertical 160-40,
3 element monoband yagis 20-10.  See http://www.le-calao.com
for details.

When I finish typing this I need to pack for the trip home.
I hate packing more than I hate writing so I'll ramble a bit.

Maybe this wasn't the best year to try QRP.  But I operated
low power last year and wanted to do something different.  High
power wasn't an option and single-band means less chair time
so I decided to go after the African QRP record.

I really didn't know what to expect.  I thought I'd run a bit
on the high bands and spend most of the contest S&P.  This
turned out to be wrong.

S&P was much more difficult than I expected (and I should have
known better).  The smart stations just called CQ in my face.
The less smart stations would send a question mark, which began
a half-dozen transmissions while they worked through BV7D, SV7D,
UV7D, 647D, and a bunch of less common choices.  Eventually most
got it, some just gave up.

The Titanex vertical with 5 watts was just not enough on 80 and
160, and even on 40 Europe was difficult.  I never worked the US
on 160 - I called KC1XX, W3LPL, K3LR, NQ4I, K1LT, KT1V, VY2ZM, and a
few others, but nobody heard me.  On 80 I called just about every
European that called CQ and most never heard me.  On the other
hand KH6 on 80 was easy.  On 40 I was able to get a run going
early in the contest but could not repeat it later.

20 was OK but the competition was tough.  I think I had my best
hour there.

15 was the money band, with almost half of my QSOs.  I was
pleasantly surprised.  Last year 15 was noisy and I spent more
time on 20 and 10.  This year 15 was quiet and productive.

10 was disappointing.  Last year with low power I had over 900
QSOs there.  This year it just didn't open well.  I had one
run Sunday.

Thanks to everyone who heard my weak signal, and especially to
Francois, 6W7RV for his help.


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