[3830] CQWW CW K9NW(@K9UWA) SOSB/80 HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: K9NW
Operator(s): K9NW
Station: K9UWA

Class: SOSB/80 HP
QTH: Indiana
Operating Time (hrs): 32

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:  673    29      107
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10:                    
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Total:  673    29      107  Total Score = 239,632

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

IC-765
Alpha 87A
4-sqaure sloping dipole array (K8UR style) from 100' tower.

First time in 12 years that I haven't been on the DX side of the pileup....had
to relearn sending 5nn04.  :-)

This was a good year to be on the low bands!  From time to time the band would
shift from good to very good to really, really good.  Lots of nice signals.  A
ton of northern EU who are often shut out.  JH1OGC was very prominent for hours
at a time.  Only two zones heard that I didn't work:  z17 (UN4L had a nice
signal) and z22 (8Q7DV calling mults.)  RW4PL had a really nice long path
signal Sunday morning.  23 zones and 93 countries after the first 12 hours!

The only lowlight was a local noise source that appeared Saturday afternoon and
persisted for the first few hours of darkness.  Condx were such that many
signals were stronger but it undoubtedly cost a few QSOs and at least one mult.
 Otherwise it was mostly highlights!

Kudos to the guys who ID frequently (who also are almost always the
high-scoring types.)  Without cluster spots to assist, it's an execise in
patience sometimes with very strong local stations calling just as the mystery
DX sends his call after 5 mins....so you wait another 5 minutes....

Hope to be back on the DX side again next year.  Thanks for the QSOs!


73, Mike K9NW


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