[SCCC] W6PH CQWW CW SOAB(A) HP

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I hope this comes through without being truncated.
 
 
>CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
> 
> Call: W6PH
>  Operator(s):  W6PH
> Station: W6PH
> 
> Class: SOAB(A)  HP
> QTH: Lone Pine CA
> Operating  Time (hrs): 39.3
>  
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones    Countries
> ------------------------------
> 160:     39    11       18
> 80:  106   21        47
> 40:  545      31       90
> 20:   562     34       95
> 15:  248    27   67
> 10:   38     12   19
> ------------------------------
> Total:  1538    136      336  Total Score =  1,968,712
>    
> Comments:
> SO1R (the old  fashioned way)
> K3 to Expert 1.3K-FA   Win-Test
>  Temporary yagis on AB-577 masts at 60 feet
> Slopers below the  yagis  for 80 and 160
> 
> There is no doubt that conditions were  very  disturbed.  There were many 
> paths where I could  hear stations but they  could not hear me.  This was 
>  especially true on 160 in the early evening  when Caribbean stations  
were
> not working any of the west coast stations that were  calling. One 
>explanation for this is that they were using northeast beverage  receiving
>antennas which nulled us out until after 8 UTC.  Eighty  was very noisy 
>all weekend masking the very weak stations (under S2).  It  was very 
>difficult  to work any European stations on 40 meters in the  evening and 
>they were very  weak.  
 
>The European opening on 20 and 15 lasted less than an  hour in the  
>morning.  Ten meters had very short openings to the Caribbean  and you
> had to  be there. On the other hand the JA's were  in abundance 
>accounting for at least 80 per cent of my contacts.  
 
>This is still the premier contest of  the year and a lot  of enjoyment 
despite 
>the conditions.
> 
>I will be VP9/W6PH for the ARRL's in  February and March. This will be my  
>18th consecutive year  there.
> 
> 73, Kurt  W6PH  Lone Pine  CA