[3830] CQWW SSB AB1J SOSB(A)/10 LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J

Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP
QTH: AB1J
Operating Time (hrs): 15:11

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:   20     5       11
   20:                    
   15:  110    17       54
   10:  206    16       62
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Total:  206    16       62  Total Score = 46,332

Club: 

Comments:

The score is my meager 10m score all by itself.

I'm kind of like a fish out of water on phone, thrashing about and gasping for
air, but every year I do it again.  I try to work all three WW contests and
fancy myself as sort of a Triathlete, but phone is my weak leg.  But I had fun
and was successful by my standards.

As soon as it got dark Sunday evening I propped a 15 ft pole under the far end
of my 40m antenna and worked 40m.  Thank you, Canada.

Conditions were good with gobs of stations on 10, but I didn't have any of the
long haul contacts I expected.  Heard only one JA (not worked).  Worked a
couple of KH6 stations.  No ZS, VK, ZL, UA9/0.  Didn't work Asia.  When I don't
make WAC on the high bands in an international contest, I know there's something
askew.  There were lots of Middle Eastern and Cyprus stations, but I couldn't
work any of them.

Folks went way up on 10.  I worked OK1VAM on 29240.  

MU0GSY was spotted frequently on 10m but I never, ever heard him.  Working ESP,
maybe.

My makeshift bandscope was very useful for finding goodies between spots. 
There are more to be found on SSB since there isn't a SSB skimmer.  It seems to
me that it might be useful to make a phone skimmer that identifies occupied
frequencies.  That would give a useful clue in addition to the regular spots.

As an 10m aside, I've been operating a bit on FM at 29.6 MHz.  Never tried that
before.  Conditions haven't been too favorable with QSB which has a severe
effect on the wide FM signals.  I also learned how to use my rig to work 10m
repeaters, specifically W5DFW in the Republic of Texas which I hear all day
long.

Thanks for the Qs.

73,
Ken, AB1J

FT-2000  WR-G33DDC(bandscope)
20-10 attic dipoles, outdoor 40m coaxial dipole


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