[SCCC] CQWW CW N6KI(@W6HCD) M/S HP

[Prasad VU2PTT]

Dennis,

 I just posted my story. Only W6XB was heard running here and he was the
only Zone 3 that I worked !!!

Lets try again next year :)

73 de Prasad VU2PTT



On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Dennis Vernacchia <n6ki73 at gmail.com> wrote:

>                   CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
>
> Call: N6KI
> Operator(s): N6KI, WQ6X, K4RB
> Station: W6HCD
>
> Class: M/S HP
> QTH: CA
> Operating Time (hrs):
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>  160:   17     9       10
>  80:  102    20       52
>  40:  383    31      102
>  20:  250    32       73
>  15:  177    28       65
>  10:   73    17       25
> ------------------------------
> Total: 1002   137      327  Total Score = 1,213,360
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Best Solar Cycle opening for CQWW CW in a LONG time. Band Condx like these
> really add to the fun ! Could have done better on our mult stn but
> discovered
> TS-950 which just came back from repair was busted in CW mode and would not
> key
> - My K3 went to Ascension with Marko N5ZO ( ZD8O ) so all we had left
> were a TS-440 and TS-450 with no CW filters .... but they worked in a pinch
> !
> Hope we can rustle up some more CW Ops for next time, we were woefully
> short
> of
> OPs this year - I think they were all home resting and digesting TURKEY!
> The
> 3
> El SteppIR consistently beat out the F12 C3S and the F12 2 El 40 mtr Yagi
> at
> 76
> ft on top of our 950 ft ( SSL ) hill, really played and made 40 the money
> band!
>
> We had 126 discrete countries worked and only missed Zone 22
> ( We had 101 countries on 40 mtrs ! ...and missed WAZ by 1 Zone ! )
>
> ( VU2PTT where were you ?! )
>
> Thanks to  WQ6X and K4RB Ops and K6KAL - Computer Support
> and N6OX for loan of 70 ft Tower Trailer with 40 Yagi and C3, for all the
> help ! )
>
> 73 de Dennis N6KI
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