[3830] WPX CW K4RO SOAB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: K4RO
Operator(s): K4RO
Station: K4RO

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: TN
Operating Time (hrs): 35
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    4
   80:  225
   40:  582
   20: 1151
   15:  181
   10:   38
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Total: 2181  Prefixes = 762  Total Score = 3,416,046

Club: Tennessee Contest Group

Comments:

Enjoyed the contest, despite the pretty crummy DX conditions. Messed up a little
bit on time management, and lost about an hour of operating time in there
somewhere. This was a challenging contest at times, and very fun at other
times. There's nothing like a real band opening to bring your spirits up, after
hours and hours of closed DX paths.

Friday night featured a strong opening to Asia, then the DX paths closed down
for much of Saturday. Like others, I thought perhaps I was having antenna
problems. Wound up taking more off time when I am usually running EU DX
pileups. Both days, propagation seemed to improve as day turned to night. The
local weather was good for a change, and there were no thunderstorms in the
area for the entire contest. Sunday afternoon and evening featured the best
openings to Europe of the entire contest.

I can make a lot of QSOs in this contest, but I never seem to rack up enough
points to be even slightly competitive with the big dogs. I try to work as much
DX as possible on every available opening, but I still wind up way down in
points per QSO. WPX CW is still a fun contest to operate, and worth the time
commitment on a holiday weekend. C U all in the IARU HF Championship.

73, Kirk K4RO


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