[3830] CQWW CW N5AW SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: N5AW
Operator(s): N5AW
Station: N5AW

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   42    13       22
   80:  134    24       69
   40:  424    35      110
   20:  584    34      125
   15:  140    24       58
   10:    5     5        4
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Total: 1329   135      388  Total Score = 1,878,616

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

After missing CQWW SSB this year I really was looking forward to CW. Despite the
worst conditions on ten meters in the 20+ years I’ve made a serious effort in
this contest it was still a great week end.

The “Good”: Second highest total QSOs ever – only eclipsed by 2002’s
sunspot maximum. Working 100 countries on 40 meters for the second time and
doing it in twelve hours! New CQWW personal records for QSOs, countries and
zones on 40 and QSOs and countries on 20. New beverages that helped me copy
lots of weak signals on the low bands.

The “Bad”: Lowest totals on 10 meters since 1986. Static on 160 spoiling
what sounded to be a great opening to Europe the second evening. Missing HC8N
on ten when everyone else seems to have worked them – would have been my only
six bander. New beverages that let me hear even more DX on 80 and 160 that I
couldn’t work.

The “Ugly”: DX stations not giving their calls. Guys who keep calling after
the DX station has come back to someone. All the US stations answering my
CQ’s, especially when I was trying to run Europe. One guy even duped me
(I’m sure this is an even bigger problem for the “big guns”). 

Missed zones 21, 22, 23, 26, and 34 not only on 40 but the other bands as well.
Heard 21, 22 and 26 on 40 but really only had shot at working 22.

Radios: K3 and Orion. 

Antennas: 10/15/20: 3L SteppIR @ 134’, 4L SteppIR @ 75’, Th3jr fixed SE @
40’, Stacked C3’s (2L) @ 101’ and 80’ fixed NE. 40: Moxon @ 137’,
Lazy H between two towers @ ~120’ pointed NW-SE. 80: Array of 5 sloping
dipoles from 134’ tower. 160: 6 elevated radials on 137’ tower. Receiving:
840’ beverage NE, 530’ beverage NW.


      Continent List  N5AW 2008 CQWW CW

                   160    80    40    20    15    10   ALL
                   ---    --    --    --    --    --    -- 
  USA calls   =      2     3    14    26     1     2    48
  VE calls    =     12     9    23    48    16     0   108
  N.A. calls  =     13    23    38    48    22     0   144
  S.A. calls  =      4     9    37    47    44     3   144
  Euro calls  =      2    59   158   305    14     0   538
  Afrc calls  =      1     7    16    21    13     0    58
  Asia calls  =      2     4    16    18     0     0    40
  JA calls    =      3    11   100    56    11     0   181
  Ocen calls  =      3     9    22    15    19     0    68

  Total calls =     42   134   424   584   140     5  1329


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