[3830] CQWW CW YN2Z(K9ZO) SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: YN2Z
Operator(s): K9ZO
Station: YN2N

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Granada, NICARAGUA
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  141    12       33
   80:  290    19       46
   40: 1045    21       83
   20: 1352    24       72
   15:  838    16       37
   10:    7     4        6
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Total: 3673    96      277  Total Score = 3,053,378

Club: Society of Midwest Contesters

Comments:

YN2Z
Tribander at 60 ft. Wires. FT950. 
Rural location.  Chickens, roosters, dogs, cats, boom boxes.  Excellent,
healthy meals.

I was pretty tired before the contest started due to making 3600 contacts
during the week so I took lots of short naps during the contest. Often I wasn't
able to find a band which produced contacts, so I got up and stretched or took a
nap.  I wasn't able to hold a frequency during the first 3 hours, but things
picked up a bit and I ended up with about 2400 contacts the first day. Good
short runs at times, but only with 2 point USA stations.  DX contacts were
spotty and the bands never seemed to open well to Europe or Japan.

The second day was similar to the first.  I couldn't penetrate all the QRM on
the low bands and did not hold a frequency much.  A lot fewer runs to the USA
during daylight on 15/20.  At times when I expected Europe, there was mostly
USA.  Spent time S&P and had a hard time getting through to the far away DX. 
The most difficult times seemed to be when the bands were in transition.

The third opening on 40 meters as darkness descended at the end of the contest
produced a good number of Europeans and was the only time when CQs resulted in
contacts on the low bands.

In all, it was a very successful trip and it had been many, many years since I
had been on the DX side of CQWWCW.  I traveled very, very lightly, with only T
shirts, shorts, and bare feet, but returned to the reality of a winter
snowstorm at home. 

K9ZO
Ralph


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