[3830] CQWW CW 9M2CNC(G4ZFE) SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: 9M2CNC
Operator(s): G4ZFE
Station: 9M2CNC

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: OJ03
Operating Time (hrs): 30

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:    0     0        0
   80:   39    14       28
   40: 1067    30       83
   20:  937    34       84
   15:  601    24       69
   10:    4     3        4
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Total: 2656   106      268  Total Score = 2,334,508

Club: VKCC

Comments:

Station:

Elecraft K3/100, Icom PW-1 at 400W
Force 12 C3-S at 12m
Cushcraft D-40 at 10m
HF2V with 64 radials
Wellbrook ALA-100M receive loop

Nearly didn't make it for CQWW I was in Bangkok airport the day before the
protesters took the airport over. 

The main station improvement this year was a Cushcraft D-40 antenna. Despite
being lower than the old 40m Inverted V the D-40 performed better. 

Highlights:
- being called by 3X5A on two bands :-)
- able to run on 40m with new antenna
- increased activity from JA

Lowlights
- packet pileups
- even more split operations this year

80m
Conditions seemed a lot worse than last year. 

40m
The best band and the new antenna worked well especially to W6/7 and VK/ZL. It
was good being able to run on 40m for once and being able to work W6/W7 and EU
at the same time was interesting. Some problems with the Chinese Radar but not
across the whole band.

Congratulations to K. Champ E21EIC for his UFB 40m single band operation.

20m
Rather disappointing this year and the band closed very early on both nights.

15m
Better than expected and the increased JA activity was noticeable on this
band.

10m
I was hoping for more but despite many band checks only 4 QSOs!

Thank you for the QSOs. QSL is via G4ZFE and the contest logs are already on
LoTW.

73 de Rich, G4ZFE/9M2CNC


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