[3830] WPX SSB PJ2T M/M HP
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Fri Mar 30 20:50:24 EDT 2018
CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: PJ2T
Operator(s): AG4G K1ZN K8PGJ KB7Q KF4DX KI4DSO WT4BT KV4UD
Station: PJ2T
Class: M/M HP
QTH: Curacao
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 185
80: 404
40: 1424
20: 1640
15: 1607
10: 799
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Total: 6509 Prefixes = 1145 Total Score = 26,929,255
Club:
Comments:
This year’s PJ2T WPX M/M Contest was Fun and a great learning experience for
the Team.
Congratulations to the 2 European youngsters who worked at this station before
traveling to PJ4V and posting a great WPX score.
Through the superb effort of Geoff, W0CG and Gene, KB7Q and their wives weeks
before this contest, many station improvements were accomplished and the
antennas, the freshened amplifiers and shack were ready for radio installation
and logging software setup. K1ZN was contest director, and K8PGJ served as the
lead contester, suggesting operator assignments and best contest strategy. The 4
K3’s were upgraded with DVR’s and 2.1 KHz filters and ready to go. Gene had
loaded N1MM+ general logging software and the station was ready for a learning
exercise.
The 2018 CQ WPX Contest consisted of members of the Southeastern DX Club /
Fayette County Georgia ARC (AG4F, K1ZN, KI4DSO, WT4BT, KV4UD) and were joined by
two Caribbean Contest Consortium Team Members (K8PGJ & KB7Q) and a walk-in
former German Contester, KF4DX.
Briefing discussions on the antennas, the very present antenna switching maze,
K3 radios and the N1MM+ software ensued. Individual logging for fun and
equipment understanding occurred on the 3 days leading up to the event.
Propagation those days was consistent and quiet. A few thousand individual
pre-contest contacts were achieved.
The weather for the week was great and we utilized the rental house pool during
off times. Meals were provided by K1ZN’s wife, Ruth, and the food was great.
We did see a change in SWR in the stacked yagis on 10M so we planned to utilize
an optional antenna.
The contest started and we had 15Db noise on 40M and Propagation went away for a
while on 20M as we waited for the long bands to come on. Murphy was thinking.
>From this point out the solar conditions stabilized. Night conditions were good
but the amount of players on 160 and 80 meters seemed down. 20m all weekend
seemed distant and propagation maps favored the US to Europe Path. 15M all
weekend was great and 10 meters opened mostly north to south about 1600Z on
Saturday and carried on till 0000Z. 15M was the surprise band for the weekend
and it opened early from Europe and the States, stayed open and was very quiet.
All the operators had opportunities to challenge all the bands at different
operating times with individual speed improving thorough. We had walk-in guest
Ham from the Netherlands show up and well as some from the Islands and they
enjoyed talk of the 50 year history of the station and the action in front of
them. We even attempted a quick course on synthesized speech on 20M.
Murphy provided no power interruptions although we heard that a large chunk of
the island was out of power for three hours on Saturday and the internet stayed
alive. Our sense of the successes of other stations drove us to keep all the
radios manned to the end and this forged new friendships among the team and
visitors. The Rookies became Contesters and the final score is a testament to
their determination.
73,s Jeff, K1ZN & Pete, K8PGJ
Day Hr 1.8 3.5 7 14 21 28 Tot Accum
2018-03-24 00 10 0 40 119 49 0 218 218
2018-03-24 01 12 1 45 35 5 0 98 316
2018-03-24 02 6 12 99 10 0 0 127 443
2018-03-24 03 10 40 91 2 0 0 143 586
2018-03-24 04 14 49 81 2 0 0 146 732
2018-03-24 05 19 66 89 1 0 0 175 907
2018-03-24 06 5 31 65 4 0 0 105 1012
2018-03-24 07 0 23 42 0 0 0 65 1077
2018-03-24 08 1 10 13 0 0 0 24 1101
2018-03-24 09 3 15 35 0 0 0 53 1154
2018-03-24 10 0 19 67 51 0 0 137 1291
2018-03-24 11 0 0 40 31 1 0 72 1363
2018-03-24 12 0 0 3 60 2 0 65 1428
2018-03-24 13 0 0 0 37 8 0 45 1473
2018-03-24 14 0 0 1 19 4 0 24 1497
2018-03-24 15 0 0 0 18 17 0 35 1532
2018-03-24 16 0 0 0 25 96 2 123 1655
2018-03-24 17 0 0 0 50 158 6 214 1869
2018-03-24 18 0 0 0 18 115 39 172 2041
2018-03-24 19 0 0 0 49 128 167 344 2385
2018-03-24 20 0 0 1 52 126 166 345 2730
2018-03-24 21 0 0 22 82 127 124 355 3085
2018-03-24 22 0 0 10 60 119 67 256 3341
2018-03-24 23 0 0 17 43 52 38 150 3491
2018-03-25 00 0 5 8 16 9 0 38 3529
2018-03-25 01 5 21 6 37 0 0 69 3598
2018-03-25 02 6 28 90 6 0 0 130 3728
2018-03-25 03 15 20 89 1 0 0 125 3853
2018-03-25 04 24 7 50 0 0 0 81 3934
2018-03-25 05 20 10 76 0 0 0 106 4040
2018-03-25 06 10 3 49 0 0 0 62 4102
2018-03-25 07 6 11 41 1 0 0 59 4161
2018-03-25 08 7 2 32 1 0 0 42 4203
2018-03-25 09 10 3 17 0 0 0 30 4233
2018-03-25 10 1 25 21 1 0 0 48 4281
2018-03-25 11 0 2 45 5 1 0 53 4334
2018-03-25 12 0 0 14 4 8 0 26 4360
2018-03-25 13 0 0 0 34 54 1 89 4449
2018-03-25 14 0 0 1 50 54 1 106 4555
2018-03-25 15 0 0 2 32 28 1 63 4618
2018-03-25 16 0 0 0 56 37 9 102 4720
2018-03-25 17 0 0 1 69 82 18 170 4890
2018-03-25 18 0 0 0 85 84 19 188 5078
2018-03-25 19 0 0 2 93 89 51 235 5313
2018-03-25 20 0 0 2 90 64 71 227 5540
2018-03-25 21 0 0 32 113 52 17 214 5754
2018-03-25 22 0 0 23 119 30 1 173 5927
2018-03-25 23 1 1 62 59 8 1 132 6059
Total 185 404 1424 1640 1607 799 6059 6059
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