[3830] WPX CW K4HQK SOAB HP

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CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: K4HQK
Operator(s): K4HQK
Station: K4HQK

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Alexandria, VA
Operating Time (hrs): 13.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:     
   40:   57
   20:  239
   15:   11
   10:   26
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Total:  333  Prefixes = 261  Total Score = 191,313

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Operated on a time-available basis starting Saturday morning. The most
interesting aspect of the WPX CW contest was the propagation. Saturday's was
perfectly normal until evening, when signals on 20 meters developed a hollow
echo. Sunday morning the band was almost dead, the result of a CME walloping
the ionosphere to create G3 conditions. The bands did not begin to recover
until Sunday afternoon, revealing some life still in 15 and 10 meters, mainly
through sporadic E and TEP. As we neared the end of the contest, conditions in
the Eastern U.S. had partially recovered but were still only a fraction of
Saturday night's activity levels and skip distances. The Sun had played quite a
nasty trick on the CQ WPX contest.


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