[3830] CQWW CW N1UR SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: N1UR
Operator(s): N1UR
Station: N1UR

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: VT
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   32    11       20
   80:  312    21       77
   40:  412    27      101
   20:  960    24      108
   15:  118    23       68
   10:   10     6        6
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Total: 1844   112      380  Total Score = 2,552,204

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Last year I was at 9M6AAC for this contest...affectionately called "Mars" by one
contester who
stated that I might as well have been there for all of what he heard of me from
W1 land.  Well
this year I was back at home but the conditions didn't seem a whole lot
different, because I 
did not hear anything from the 9M6 part of the world.  In fact, this is the
first contest 
that I did not work one single JA.  I heard one on 80M, Sunday morning (and can
verify that Randy,
K5ZD worked it) but he could not hear my 100W to any of my slopers.  I also
heard a couple on
40M LP on Saturday afternoon but could not break through.  And I heard a few on
20M Sunday around
22Z but they were very weak and I could not get through.  If there was a last
30 min LP 20M
opening here, I missed it.  I was working 80M at the time to EU.

I had the best 20M run ever on Saturday morning. 4 solid hours on 14013.7.  I
successfully defended the
frequency about a dozen times.  The rate was 120 - 150 on the "last 60 mins"
meter and peaked at 210 for
one point but was heavily in the 160 - 180 range frequently.  I made the
decision to milk it and skip 15
EU on Saturday and do everything on Sunday as I knew that the rate would be
lucky to be half
that on 20M Sunday morning for me.  So Sunday morning, I spent 1230 - 1400Z
exclusively on 
15M sucking evry EU mult there was.  I am probably a little low on 15M mults,
but in the end,
I feel the decision paid off with the best 20M Band score I have ever posted on
CQ WW CW!
(960Qs 24Zones 108Countries).

In fact my 80, 40, and 20 band scores were all time bests for me.  160 was not
too great here
which was surprising considering that the K and A dropped off nicely just
before the start.
I was disappointed with how few EU could hear me all weekend on 160M but
especially Friday night.  I 
would have questioned the antenna except I was breaking Carib and SA piles
surprisingly easy
a number of times (always amazing running 100W on 160 and breaking a contest
pile!).

40 worked very well although I expected better afternoon rate.  The signals
were strong but I think
there was A LOT of EU QRM to contend with.  But I kept plugging it out both
running and 
methodical, 3 layer S & P passes.  In the end, I equalled my best Q total and
had the best
zone and countries mult total ever for me.

This contest really is a blast.  Thanks for all the fun.

73

Ed  N1UR


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