[3830] WPX CW P49Y(AE6Y) SOSB40 HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: P49Y
Operator(s): AE6Y
Station: P49Y

Class: SOSB40 HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:     
   40: 1397
   20:     
   15:     
   10:     
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Total: 1397  Prefixes = 757  Total Score = 6,242,222

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

How did I manage to anger the Contest Gods?  What did I do wrong in my life
since the last WPX CW to deserve this?
   After years of doing WPX CWs as an all band entrant, both high and low
power, I decided for no very good reason to do a single band 40 and try to
break the SA record set two years ago by K4BAI at PJ4.  With that in mind, I
was dutifully holding down a good freq just before the start of the contest,
the K3 and Alpha 86 blowing a suitably-sized hole in the ether, and then,
literally ONE MINUTE before the start of the contest, the power went off! The
power on Aruba is normally very reliable, but this time a line had broken about
3 power poles from my house.
  Actually, one phase still seemed to be active as the lights were still on in
the living room, so after a while I thought maybe I could run the radio, low
power, off an extension cord, and operate with a desk lamp for light.  I set
this up and did work a few guys search and pounce, but it was very slow, and
after a while, even that power went off as the bucket truck from the power
company was working on the problem.  So... nothing to do but go to bed until
the power was restored.  But that cost almost the entire first 5 hours of the
contest -- the prime EU time on 40 from here.  
  Unfortunately, I think I never recovered from the power outage, mentally or
in the score, so John's record is safe for now (and I doubt anyone would be
tempted to try to break it again until a much lower point in the solar cycle).
  Apart from that misfortune, Aruba was its usual "one happy island".
 Nice to see Lisandro (P43L), Cris and JP (P43C and P43A) and the two Dave's
(N4QS and NU4N, operating from the P49V-DL6RAI QTH).  We missed W2GD, who sat
out this contest, and of course it was sad not to have have P49V and P43JB with
us any more.
  BTW, thanks to co-owner John, W6LD, P40L, and Ed, W0YK, who fixed the
corroded feedpoint problem on the 40m yagi this spring.  I can't complain about
the antenna, which seemed to work great (along with beverages for receiving).
  73, Andy, AE6Y, P49Y
Rig: K3, Alpha 86
Ant: 2 el Force 12 yagi at 70 feet
Software: CQPWIN ver. 12.8


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