[3830] WPX SSB W6QU(W8QZA) SOAB QRP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB - 2023

Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W8QZA

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 29.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:    4
   40:   24
   20:   45
   15:  152
   10:  143
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Total:  369  Prefixes = 259  Total Score = 206,423

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

STATION W8QZA:

Radio: Elecraft K-2, 5 Watts.

Antennas:
  10-15-20 Meters: 3 el Stepp-IR up 32 feet
  40 Meters: 1/4 wave vertical with 3 radials
  40 & 160 Meters: DX-LB trap dipole up 30 feet
  80 Meters: Inverted L with 2 radials
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I love good conditions! It is nice to be able to make QSOs in this contest
almost any time I sit down to the rig!  Even with that big solar event, there
were still lots of stations to work.

I did not have any outstanding QSOs. But it was nice to work CY0S on a couple
bands. And it was nice to catch VK9N and ZD7BG on 10 Meters.  It also seems to
me that there are more BY stations on.  I am generally lucky to work one, but I
picked up four in this contest.

DXCC was 64 and WAZ was 24. I worked 44 European stations, and four of those
were on 10 Meters. 

This is just about the only contest where I can successfully call CQ. I got a
"run" of five on 10 Meters and a "run" of six on 15 Meters.
To a chronic S&P'er, it is thrilling to call CQ and actually have stations
come back to me! I was averaging about one Q every 4 or 5 minutes. Most were new
mults, so it wasn't too bad, but I quit after about 20 minutes or so.

Well, the contest season is coming to a close. One more big one left. See you in
the WPX CW. 73,  Bill  W6QU - W8QZA


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