[SCCC] CQ WW WPX CW Contest

[Bob Grubic]

CQ WW WPX CW
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Call: HP8/NC6Q
Operator(s): NC6Q
Station: HP portable
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Class: Single Op Low Power (Unassisted)
QTH: Farallón, Panama
Operating Time: couple hours here and there
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Summary
Band QSOs
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80
40        18
20      122
15
10
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Total   140
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Points: 52,608
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Club: Southern California Contest Club (Although I was DX, does this count
toward club score? Maybe not.)
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Comments:
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A one-week, planned visit to Panama to take of some electrical/plumbing
work AND squeeze in a little operating in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest at beach
house on the Pacific.
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Rig: IC-7300, antenna: 20m wire ground plane 30 feet from ocean, 40m end
fed wire up 20 feet, zig-zag fashion (long story), WinKeyer USB, N1MM+
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Lots of Europeans to work for the time I was on the air. Have never worked
Israel, or Ukraine before from anywhere! S&Ping the whole time,I learned to
adapt to the long call sign (HP8/NC6Q) by first just sending HP8, then,
when recognized, sending the whole call sign. Most hams answered with "HP8"
and let me send the complete call sign. Some accepted those 3 characters
and sent me their exchange! Of course, I had to get him to send me the call
correctly before I would send my exchange. This took a lot of time. I
started out sending about 26 wpm but with so many repeats, I slowed down to
20 to 23 wpm to make thing go more smoothly. Some good hams out there,
however, copied my entire call sign correctly at 26 wpm and higher! I real
pleasure to experience that.