[3830] CQWW CW W5GAI SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: W5GAI
Operator(s): W5GAI
Station: W5GAI

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 16

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:    4     4        2
   80:    9     6        6
   40:  158    27       77
   20:  137    27       43
   15:   93    18       44
   10:   17     8       10
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Total:  418    90      182  Total Score = 300,560

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

This weekend is always tough to squeeze in time on the radio.
I managed 16 hours of S&P time. Averaged 26.6 Q's per hour, 2.3 per minute.
Chasing mults was sometimes difficult with low power.
First time trying assisted, which was more of a distraction than productive
compared to sweeping the bands unassisted. I quickly learned not to pounce on
a
new one too quickly as almost all the big guns were there too. By waiting a
while I'd then have a chance to get through in a few calls. K5NA was a
competitor in the S&P, but we didn't compete too much, and he always won :-)
I stayed on 40 most of Saturday night from 0400z-1230z , with brief excursions
to 80 & 160, hoping for one last band with TX3A. This took an hour, as he was
barely readable until finally marginal Q5 at 1215z.
Sunday at the end I managed to snag new mults from zones 24, 26, 27, 28 in
asia
on 20M.


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