[3830] CQWW SSB NA8V SOSB/80 LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: NA8V
Operator(s): NA8V
Station: NA8V

Class: SOSB/80 LP
QTH: MI
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:  175    20       60
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10:                    
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Total:  175    20       60  Total Score = 34,640

Club: 

Comments:

Equipment Description:

TS850

2xInv El ne/sw
2xInv El se/nw - bidirectional
Bev:	440' ne

New antennas hear better than anything I've ever used on 80, which was both a
blessing and a curse. Very difficult to work anyone.  EU became workable at 05z
as the band went 'long' here, but that was too late for most of Eastern EU. 
Heard 7 zones with good signals I couldn't work and probably 15 countries. 
Unable to CQ into EU, probably didn't try hard enough.  The EU antenna worked
great before the contest, i guess just too much QRM in EU.  It was incredibly
frustrating to be unable to work stations that were s9+20. 

Beverage was an improvement over the tx antenna but no real benefit as I
couldn't work anyone that was marginal copy anyway.  

Ran Friday night with a single El to SA/etc, hooked up the second one Saturday
afternoon and was rewarded with JA, VK6 and some SA i didn't hear Friday night.
 

Only had 1 hour i didn't make a qso in (11z Friday).

Still, was quite enjoyable and cw should be much better, especially for low
power.  Time to re-tune the antennas.........

greg/na8v


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