[3830] CQWW SSB W6QU(W8QZA) SOAB Classic QRP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W8QZA

Class: SOAB Classic QRP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 15.2

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:    0     0        0
   80:    2     2        2
   40:   19     7        6
   20:   36    18       29
   15:   83    23       47
   10:  214    25       69
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Total:  354    75      153  Total Score = 224,352

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

Station:   Rig: Elecraft K-2, 5 Watts.

Antennas:

3 el Stepp-IR up 32 feet: 10-15-20 Meters.
Butternut HF-2V Vertical for 40-80 Meters.
DX-LB trap dipole up 30 feet for 40-160 Meters.
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Fantastic conditions!  10 Meters was packed, and I worked several stations over
29.000 MHz!  I even tried CQing once and had 4 stations come back to me over
8-10 minutes. But I was able to do better by S & P.

This weekend I was asked to "Elmer" others in the contest. In
addition, we had unexpected guests from out of town. So I was only able to
operate from my home station for a total of 15.2 hours.  ...Then I discovered
the "Classic" overlay category!! It fit me perfect, so that worked
well!

I did not have any special or outstanding QSOs, only lots of them. Even with my
5 watts, stations often came back on the first call. The most interesting QSO
was with MZ8A on the European Shetland Island. That was a nice addition to my
DX Marathon totals.

My DXCC was 84 and my WAZ was 28.  I will never know if I could have reached
DXCC of 100 with a full effort! 34% of my Qs were in Europe and 18% were with
JA.

Great contest, great conditions! See you in the CQWWDX CW!

73,   Bill  W8QZA / W6QU


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