[3830] CQWW CW K0ZR SO(A)AB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2021

Call: K0ZR
Operator(s): K0ZR
Station: K0ZR

Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 41:30
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   66    12       37
   80:  376    17       69
   40:  759    29       91
   20:  692    31      104
   15:  626    29      100
   10:   73    18       30
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Total: 2592   136      431  Total Score = 4,161,780

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Wow!  This was my most enjoyable contest experience of all time.  Everything
worked as it should, my repairs and alterations over the past months worked
flawlessly, and I experienced some operational things I had never seen before. 
I could go a few more hours.

Best experiences:
   - getting back in the chair Sunday morning early, I found multiple stations
coming over the pole on both 80 and 40m, some of which I had never worked
before.  I was able to add almost a dozen multipliers in ten minutes
   -  15m and 20m were still open after dark Sunday evening and with my C31XR
pointed at Asia and the XM240 pointing Europe, the amount of  RF flooding that I
often contend with was greatly reduced allowing for some great SO2R activity.  

I spent time tweaking my KPA1500 for VSWR limits so the tuner would not trip in
and out when I switch one particular pair of antennas.  I am generally able to
forgo the internal tuner since my VSWRs are all very low, i.e. less than 1.5:1. 
This paid off.  Having both amplifiers be auto-tune was a great experience
compared to having to manually tune both amplifiers as before.

For the first contest ever I concentrated on multipliers exclusively, being very
careful not to get in "Run mode" rather than staying vigilant for
multipliers.  I can't say I enjoyed this as much but it did help the final score
I believe.

I did have a sense that the bands were not as busy as they were just a few years
ago; a concern for sure.

Thanks to all for the great weekend playing with radios and antennas.

Jeff


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