[3830] CQWW SSB WW8OH M/S HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: WW8OH
Operator(s): AC8GX W3HKK K8EM WA8PGE AC8GI
Station: WW8OH

Class: M/S HP
QTH: AC8GX
Operating Time (hrs): 42

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:   16     4        5
   80:   83    31       14
   40:   76    41       19
   20:  200    82       27
   15:  292    85       28
   10:  391    87       27
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Total: 1058   330      120  Total Score = 1,295,550

Club: COOKEN

Comments:

We used AC8GX's station: 600w from FT-2000/amp. 160m loop at 70' for 160-80-40. 
Spider Beam at 52 ft. for 10-15-20.  Logging software: N1FJP

Hard to leave 10M, it was so good. Probably stepped on some toes up in the FM
part of the band at times! But all bands had a beautiful layered tapestry of
signals, one on top of the other.  160m was hot all week prior to the CQWW but
disappointed during the contest, perhaps because no-one would leave 10-15-20
for slower rates and a few new mults.  80 was good and 40 was excellent, but we
had a hard time getting there from the upper bands.

Our top QSO country was JA with 78 Q's! Not bad for our Ohio location.

95% of operating was S&P with only one real foray CQing ( 5-7 pm
Sat.-10M-JA run)

Alas, our M-S came up 2 operators short of  being able to go 48 hrs, but
Iron-Man and Host OP Brad, AC8GX, gave it his best shot while the rest of us
slept.

Still a thrill to work DX after 57 years of trying.


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