[3830] CQWW CW NN7SS(K6UFO) SOAB(A) QRP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS

Class: SOAB(A) QRP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:   79    22       77
   15:   33    18       31
   10:   47    20       46
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Total:  159    60      154  Total Score = 93,518

Club: Western Washington DX Club

Comments:

Simple goal: Work 100 countries QRP. Should be easier 
than it was on SSB, but we'll see...

10m and 15m didn't last very long at the start, but 20m 
was open worldwide. By the end of the second hour I had 
40 countries. Rather than suffer on the low bands QRP, 
I slept. 

At my sunrise I could start working Europeans on 20m. Quick  
runs up to 15m and 10m showed many more stations but many 
too weak for my QRP. By 20z I had 86 countries, and took 
a lunch break.

I often had to turn off Skimmer spots, as they were just  
flooding the bandmap with calls I couldn't hear. "Human" 
spots seemed plentiful enough.
 
The afternoon provided all the usual Caribbean, South 
America, and Pacific/Asia - Thanks! I ended the day 
Saturday (24Z) with 116 DXCC countries, same as my 
TOTAL on SSB weekend. So yes, I can work 100 DXCC 
countries QRP in a single weekend - in fact in just 
the first 24 hours!

I took it easy after that, just checking now and then 
for anything new and loud enough to be QRP-workable.
Sunday morning had a big wind and rain storm, bringing 
extra noise, and I hard time working new stations - or 
maybe I already had all the "easy" ones. I managed a 
handful of new European countries.  I heard at least 
another dozen countries that I just couldn't work QRP. 
There were another two dozen countries spotted that I 
couldn't hear at all - if they really existed.

Final total: 126 unique DXCC countries while QRP!

NN7SS Burt WA (K6UFO op)

10,15,20m: C-31XR at 71ft, C-3 53ft, 3el Steppir 40 ft
One Yaesu FT-1000MP turned down to 5 watts
Writelog software and microHAM controller


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