[3830] CQWW SSB W1DYJ SO(A)AB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2021

Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ

Class: SO(A)AB LP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 13

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    0     0        0
   80:    9     7        8
   40:   53    11       33
   20:  124    21       58
   15:  128    19       58
   10:  115    15       43
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Total:  429    73      200  Total Score = 329,238

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

When I got back into Ham Radio in 1994, after 25 years away from 
this great avocation, I remembered my love of contesting.  Back 
then it was only VHF phone. But in 2011 when my colleague Tony, 
K1KP (at HP Medical in Andover, no longer in existence) insisted 
that I become a member of the YCCC I was suddenly involved with 
the “CW-Centric” YCCC (with my VERY meager CW skills).  Since 
then I have come to enjoy CW and RTTY contests more than PH.  

So it was with some trepidation that I looked to this weekend’s 
CW WW SSB.  Even though I had entered it for the past 15 years, 
I assumed it would be like the past few years – no sunspots, plus 
a CME approaching!  Friday night proved it – not much was happening.  
I went to bed with a total of 486 points.

But I still set my usual goals:  a personal best (unlikely given 
the sunspot peak seven or eight years ago), AK on 80 to finish 
5BWAS, and any new country-bands I could work.

Waking up Saturday morning around 6:30, I decided to see what 
was happening and 15 was open.  Perhaps this wasn’t to be too 
bad after all.   Well, as others have stated, it was a good 
contest:  10 didn’t match 7 or 8 years ago, 20 and 15 did and 
40 was a best effort.  I really need something better on 80, 
not to mention anything on 160.   This turned out to be my 2nd 
best score of the past 15 years, at 96% of my best score in 2013.
And as my error rate has been decreasing over the years, it may 
actually be a personal best!

RIG: TS590SG 
ANTENNAS:
     80/40  trapped 80/40m “slightly inverted-v” dipole @ 35'
            >> never got my improved 80m dipole up, and still need
               to replace the 160 wires I had last year here in MA
     Roof Tower:  20  HB Moxon @ 36'
                  15  HB Rotatable Dipole @ 33'
                  10  HB 5el yagi @ 30'
Actual BIC = 13 hours
N3FJP's CQ WW DX Contest Log Ver 6.0

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ


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