[3830] WPX CW JA1BPA SO(A)AB(TS) LP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: JA1BPA
Operator(s): JA1BPA
Station: JA1BPA

Class: SO(A)AB(TS) LP
QTH: Downtown Tokyo
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:     
   40:   56
   20:  177
   15:  107
   10:    8
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Total:  348  Prefixes = 270  Total Score = 255,690

Club: 

Comments:

Part-time efforts from my home in downtown Tokyo with small antennas due to work
commitments on Saturday.

I started late Saturday night (local time) for a few hours, and the propagation
seemed okay.  However, I woke up on Saturday morning to find that the
geomagnetic storm really affected us.  No North America on 15mb at all with
even ZX5J (who is normally S9 plus) around S5 and not hearing me.  I never
heard a single NA station on 15mb until the end of the contest.  20mb was not
helpful, either, toward NA and I only managed to work several NA big guns on
40mb.

In summary, this was the worst contest propagation for me in 2 years. 
Hopefully, the propagation on 15mb will improve by July when we plan to operate
as 8N1HQ from JG1ZUY station for IARU HF Championship.

Best 73,

Icko, JA1BPA

Breakdown of QSOs by continents and bands:

                   7       14       21       28       ALL             %

North America     27(27)    4(4)     -        -        31(31)      8.91
South America      7(7)     3(3)     -        -        10(10)      2.87
Europe             -      123(123)  38(38)    -       161(161)    46.26
Asia              14(14)   41(41)   56(56)    7(7)    118(118)    33.91
Africa             -        2(2)     -        -         2(2)       0.57
Oceania            8(8)     4(4)    13(13)    1(1)     26(26)      7.47
Antarctica         -        -        -        -         -          0.00

Total             56(56)  177(177) 107(107)   8(8)    348(348)


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