[3830] WPX CW VA3CCO(W1UE) SOAB LP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: VA3CCO
Operator(s): W1UE
Station: N2WQ/VE3

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: on
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    1
   80:   72
   40:  565
   20:  572
   15:  356
   10:   37
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Total: 1603  Prefixes = 762  Total Score = 4,232,148

Club: 

Comments:

First time doing a contest from VE3. Being another 600 miles west of W1 sure
changes things!  Middle of the days were miserable- could not get a run going
on any of the high bands between 9am and 3pm.  20m would be okay each morning-
no 100+ hours but a steady 60+- and then 15m would get good starting about 3pm,
then on to 20M a few hours later, then on to 40M.  First 6 hours of the contest
had the highest rate of the contest, with the exception of the 0300Z hour on
Sunday.  It was just a slow grind.

Lots of good DX on, but much of it couldn't hear me.  S8 stations from BA were
plentiful, but only a few could hear me- they would just keep CQing in my face.
 It must be hard to be in an urban environment where you can't hear S2 signals!

Overall, I was satisfied with the effort but feel I could have done better. 
I'll have to review the logs and see if they offer any insight.  Congrats to
Yuri VE3DZ, who I think trounced me in the VE3 LP category.

Many thanks to Rudy N2WQ/VE3 for the use of his great station.  LP is
definitely harder than HP just from the effort of keeping the butt in the
chair!

Dennis W1UE


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