[3830] CQWW CW W5GAI SOSB/10 QRP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

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

Class: SOSB/10 QRP
QTH: AUSTIN, TX
Operating Time (hrs): 7

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10:  61     18       38
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Total:  61     18       38  Total Score = 8,792

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Operating time: 7.1 hours  (8.6 QSOs per hour)
Running QRP on a mostly dead band is quite a challenge. 10M propagation for
this contest was poor. Band dead at 00z at contest start. 1st signals heard
1430z, only 3 readable on the whole band. Slight opening with new call signs at
1630z worked 15 in an hour. From 1930-2345 when band faded out, only worked 14
Q's in 4 hours. On Sunday morning band was a little better. Caught ZL, ZL8, VK
on very short sunset peak Sunday morning 1430-1624z worked 29 in 1.74 hours,
bagging only 1 EU (TM6), and 4 in Africa: C5, 9L, D4, EA8 then had to QRT rest
of day.


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