[3830] CQWW CW 8P5A(W2SC) SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: 8P5A
Operator(s): W2SC
Station: 8P5A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Barbados
Operating Time (hrs): 47
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  338    16       53
   80:  636    20       78
   40: 1102    28       92
   20: 1531    30       98
   15: 1530    32       98
   10: 2270    28       99
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Total: 7397   154      518  Total Score = 12,823,776

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Great conditions on all bands

Struggled with an intermittent issue with the 160 antenna all day Thursday. 
Never found the problem, but it worked fine all weekend.  It ended up failing
during disassembly on Monday.  This turned out to matter as 160, and to a
lesser extent 80, were excellent both nights.  I found 160 conditions to be one
of the best ever on a CQWW CW weekend but, oddly, other zone 8 and zone 9
stations did not have the same experience.

The high bands were strong and 20 was open all night on day 1.  They seemed to
run out of gas on Sunday afternoon as the 20 meter European opening was very
weak and the W's ran out on 10.

Overall, the pileups were deep and intense all weekend.  My rates slowed at
times, especially the first day, as it was hard form me to pull out calls.  I
need to get better here as I left a lot of points on the table.

Nonetheless, it was a personal best and the station hardware and software
worked perfectly all weekend.  

Once again a tremendous event.  Thanks to all for the Q's and the moves.

Thank to my wife Kathleen for all of her support

73, Tom W2SC

QSL via LoTW or NN1N


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