[3830] WPX SSB WU3A(W3UA) SOSB40 HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: WU3A
Operator(s): W3UA
Station: W3UA

Class: SOSB40 HP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 29

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:     
   40: 1508
   20:     
   15:     
   10:     
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Total: 6235  Prefixes = 811  Total Score = 5,056,585

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Two factors made impossible for me to take part in this contest in my beloved
"Assisted Living" category -- unbearable noise rendering the high bands totally
unusable, and certain unavoidable family needs, which blocked my daylight hours.
So I decided on a night band -- 40 meters -- and I glad I did! Several firsts --
first "spotless" contest in many years... I decided to try it an "good old way"
-- and I should tell -- it was fun. Since I could hold my frequency all the
time, and with virtually unlimited supply of multipliers, there were absolutely
no reason to seek for QSOs in S&P. I made less than 20 Qs searching -- and it
was fun without a backup -- just like old good times.

Overall, I had a lot of fun... well forgotten feeling. Splatter level on 40 was
so high, it completely covered the power line noise -- and thus I was on the par
with other guys. I didn't do split at all -- expansion of the 40 meter phone
band for both us and the rest of the world made split absolutely unnecessary. 

Now I can only hope National Grid fixes the power line before the WPX CW, and I
get back to my Bandmap and skimmer... No matter what, I like spots ;)


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