[3830] CQWW CW G9W(M0DXR) SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: G9W
Operator(s): M0DXR
Station: G0DWV

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Norfolk
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  393    11       47
   80:  949    20       67
   40: 1426    30      107
   20: 1448    29       93
   15:  464    23       64
   10:   30     5       22
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Total: 4710   118      400  Total Score = 4,510,744

Club: Chiltern DX Club

Comments:

Huge thanks to Chris G0DWV and Tina for hosting me again for this contest. Big
effort goes in to preparing for this operation and my thanks go to them both.
Really enjoyed the contest. Propagation was, as always, very interesting. It
changed a lot over the weekend and it produced some surprising openings and
interesting QSOs. 10m was very poor but there were some very brief openings,
mainly on the Sunday. Signals went up and down in a matter of seconds. Very
pleased to manage 22 countries with these kind of conditions.
Lots of good runs on the other bands. The operating standard of participants
seems to improve every year in my experience which makes the event even more
pleasant. I fluctuated between operating 2BSIQ, SO2R and SO1R depending on
conditions and also how I felt. Tiredness kicked in on Sunday in the early
afternoon period and it became very difficult to continue but I was determined
to push through it. The 1 and a half hours of sleep on Friday evening before the
contest was not enough really! The Microham 2R+ worked great with audio
splitting between the two rigs.
My congratulations go to outstanding results from many friends around the world:
Team K3LR, Nick G4FAL (operating G3VR) with a super score and providing some
great UK competition, Team M6T for a whopping score and being 'everywhere', TI7W
(Chris, KL9W) and ZF1A (Dan, N6MJ) where their operating standards were simply
world class - I always knew when I'd found one of them based on their operating
style. If an 8 was sent, it was Dan and if a 7 was sent it was Chris! Great
going lads.
Catch you all in 2019 for another year of contesting fun!
Mark M0DXR

Station:-
Rigs: IC-7851, IC-756PRO3
Amps: Expert 2KFA, L-AMP UK Gemini
Audio: Microham 2R+
Antennas: C31XR x2, high dipole element 40m, 4 square 80m, dipole 80m, dipole
160m
Log: N1MM+


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