[3830] WPX SSB 9A73A(9A1UN) SOAB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: 9A73A
Operator(s): 9A1UN
Station: 9A1P

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: JN65vg
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:   32
   80:  385
   40:  793
   20: 1171
   15: 1280
   10: 1009
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Total: 4670  Prefixes = 1251  Total Score = 16,976,070

Club: Croatian Contest Club

Comments:

Finnaly a contest without Murphy around. Everything was ready 2 days before the
contest and it paid off. It was quite strange having the possibility to sleep
before the contest instead of hanging on towers, mud and rain.
Contest itself started great with two 240 hours on 20m, pileup was huge and I
did 500qso at
0210z. Than 20m closed and I moved to 40m to get those 6 pointers,  finding a
good qrg was almost impossible so I did some QSX qsos listining over 200, and
than moved for sunrise peak on 80m. After sunrise had a good hour of US run
after most eastern stations went to upper bands.
At 06z went on 15/10m mostly S&P for southeast asian mults. Maybe I should
have stayed longer and get some JA run but at 0740z decided its time for first
6 hour break.
At 1340Z after a good sleep I was back for the US run. Kept running mostly 10m
with 150-180q/h rates until 20z, I felt somehow 10m was changeble and condx
coming in waves so I pushed as much as possible as I tought Sunday might be
worst. This was right decision as Sunday 10m really never opened to US.
21z was a 170 hour on 15m but condx faded of right at the end of the hour.
After that 22z I was trying 20m hard but seems like even 20m closed almost
simultanously as 15m. It was too early to run US on 40m so I tought between
makeing a two hour pause or not. I decided to go to 80m to get a good EU run as
it means lots of mults but low qso points. Managed two 100 hours and third hour
changed between 160/80/40m S&P. At 02z went to 40m and stayed there until
morning with 70-90q/h mostly with 6pointers which means lot of qso points. Plan
was to stay a littel longer on JA run on upper bands but condx were not as good
as Saturday. At this time I had about 70% of qsos with North America, felt I
was short of europen mults so at 08z I did some jumps on 40m and ran EU with
really lot of mults calling in. 09z I was again S&P Asian mults on upper
bands for some minutes when I realized its better to go to sleep. Second 6 hour
pause till 15z when I started again US run.
As I pushed only 10m first day I was fresh meat on 15m for US and had good
hours about 170q/h until 20z when 15m closed. I was back on 20m for first time
after the initial 500 qsos in first two hours of the contest. Pileup exploded
and I did 160-180q/h till the end.
Claimed new 9A record and happy to be in race for 1st EU. I hope UBN wont hurt
too much.
Big thanks to my friends 2NA,6XX,5CW and S55M for help setting up the station a
week prior to contest even they went to E7DX for the contest.

I love this game!

73 Dave 9A1UN aka 9A73A


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