[3830] CQ WW RTTY K2PO SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: K2PO
Operator(s): K2PO
Station: K2PO

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Oregon
Operating Time (hrs): 40
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------
   80:  151       41      13    11
   40:  285       45      46    21
   20:  540       49      68    26
   15:  606       41      74    28
   10:   22        2      11     9
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Total: 1604      178     212    95  Total Score = 1,700,895

Club: Willamette Valley DX Club

Comments:

Fun time, and 'learned a lot.

I used three decoders on each radio - MMTTY, 2Tone, and GRITTY.  Each was
worthless at times, and indispensible at others.

The doldrums set in on Saturday afternoon - I did an hour of chores, as the
slow rate didn't merit the BIC time.

Sunday was a different story - it was exciting throughout.  A highlight was
mid-morning on 15m.  I'd gone near the top of the band to get away from the
mosh pit of crowded kilowatts.  With empty spectrum nearby I called CQ, and the
callers kept coming and coming.  Included - within 35 minutes of each other,
were SU9IG in Egypt and 8Y6RTTY in India - who both came back to my 85 watt
signal.  The magic of radio never ceases to amaze...

Not a lot of European signals make the trip west of the 120th meridian - only
the top tiers of stations are workable.  So the log is crowded with 1-point
domestic stations.

30% of my contacts were S&P.  37% were 1 pointers.  336 of my 1600 QSOs
(20+%) were Japanese stations.

My only five-band QSOs were with KH6J, and club-mate K7VIT (who was a
double-mult on 10m).

I'll be back next year (but I won't expect conditions as good as we had this
weekend).

Tnx to all,

Bill, K2PO
Portland, OR


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