[3830] CQWW CW VK6AA(@VK6ANC) SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: VK6AA
Operator(s): VK6AA
Station: VK6ANC

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Perth
Operating Time (hrs): 43
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:    2     2        2
   80:   50    17       41
   40: 1015    27       89
   20:  724    32       89
   15: 1433    29       93
   10:  810    18       67
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Total: 4034   125      381  Total Score = 6,020,388

Club: VK Contest Club

Comments:

RIG: K3 + K2 + Linears, monoband yagis (40-10), vertical (80), loop (160)

My CQWW CW entry this year is dedicated to Neil Penfold VK6NE who passed away
on 27th September. Neil was the heart and the soul of the Northern Corridor
Radio Group (VK6ANC - www.ncrg.info) and without him NCRG would not be where we
are now. Thanks to all club members for putting in a tremendous amount of work
and enthusiasm over the past year to get the station into its current shape.
Kev VK6LW, John VK6JX and Steve VK6IR were a great help before the contest.   


Congrats to all those fantastic scores from around the world. Looks like 10M+
points it is now the benchmark to get into the top ten in SOAB. Unfortunately,
this will leave us here in Oceania further behind the rest of the world...

Kudos to NH2T for his great score, a near miss of the current Oceania SOAB
record from 2003 when sun spots were in full swing. A good incentive for 2011!
Congrats also to John VK4EMM (@VK4IU), Kevin VK6LW, Mirek VK6DXI and the guys
at home at VK1CC (VK2CCC,VK2IM,VK2NU) for setting new Australian records in
SOAB LP, SOSB 15, SOSB A160 and M/M, respectively. It is great to see CW
activity here steadily increasing over the years. Gone are the days
(remembering my 'old' life back in Europe) when we were desperately chasing
VK2APK or VK6HD as the only mults from VK.  
  
Tried win-test in advanced SO2R mode for the first time - I never had the right
hardware to do so in the past. It was worth it but needs a fair bit of
refinement and definitely more practice. Many steps can still be automated
which sure helps when concentration goes down hill. Besides a few minor
glitches, all went ok this time. 40m to 10m antennas performed well, only 80
and 160m was below expectations with a total of 52 hard earned QSOs, only two
of them on 160. 

Thanks to everybody for the QSOs - I enjoyed every minute of the runs on the
high bands and 40, particularly the 10m opening into EU on the second day.
Again surprised how little I heard from South America and zone 8 which are
behind the pole from Perth. This is totally different to other parts of zone
29, eg VK9Cocos or Northern VK6. 

73 and CU around
Bernd VK2IA / VK6AA


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