[3830] CQWW CW K5AF SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: K5AF
Operator(s): K5AF
Station: K5AF

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 6.3
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:   61    17       34
   40:  118    18       50
   20:   70    22       36
   15:  106    16       39
   10:    8     5        7
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Total:  363    78      166  Total Score = 239,120

Club: 

Comments:

The establishment where I play keyboards and sing offered me the weekend off due
to slow reservations over the Thanksgiving weekend.  While I was delighted to
get the time off, I was not prepared for a 48 hour effort, just my normal
part-time appearance.  My main antenna had come down during a windstorm earlier
in the month, and I had restrung the antenna, but was still not able to get it
to tune on 160M.

I still only put in a short appearance, as we had visitors on both Saturday and
Sunday, and Karen and I went out for dinner on Saturday night.   Nonetheless,
activity was great, and conditions were surprisingly good.  I was particularly
impressed with 80M to Europe.  I wasn't always able to break through on the
first call, but worked almost everything I could hear, including a couple of
Zone 16 Qs.  15M was the other pleasant surprise.  Even though many of the
signals were puny weak, they were mostly workable.  Far more JAs than I
remember in the previous few years.

While I missed some of the most productive runs on 20M, I still found the
contest to be exhilarating.  I also felt confident that I could have put up a
fairly decent score in a 48 hour effort.  Maybe next year I'll ask for the
weekend off and play radios instead of music!


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