[SCCC] FW: CQWW CW CW5W(N5ZO) SOSB10 HP

[marko.n5zo at gmail.com]

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Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 10:49 AM
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Subject: CQWW CW CW5W(N5ZO) SOSB10 HP

                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2023

Call: CW5W
Operator(s): N5ZO
Station: CX6VM

Class: SOSB10 HP
QTH: Cerro Largo
Operating Time (hrs): 43+

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10: 4940    36      122
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Total: 4940    36      122  Total Score = 2,314,384

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

This operation was couple years in making as we discussed with Jorge CX6VM
via email and then finally met during WRTC in Italy this summer where final
plans were formed to come down and operate CW contest from his station from
zone 13 which was one of the CQ zones I had not yet operated the CQWW
contest from.  Due to some broken rotators and antennas we decided that 10 m
single band entry would be best, and I actually think I was able to make
just as many QSOs on single band as I would have been able to do in All Band
category effort from CX.
  During weeks prior the contest Jorge replaced his big 60 m high tower and
he was able to complete re-installing 6 el 10 m Optibeam monobander at top
of that tower for this contest.  It was indeed great antenna to use for Long
Path to Asia and beyond.  In addition there was 3x5 els fixed stack to US
and also 3x5 els stack to Europe with top antenna of it rotating also.  So
there were plenty of weapons to use and beam multiple directions in same
time.  I travelled to CX over land border from PY and met Jorge actually in
Bage, small city about 60 km on Brazilian side.  Right after we arrived to
station on Tuesday before the contest we had huge storm pass through and
power was out for a day or so but fortunately nothing fell down from towers
and everything worked fine during the weekend.  I brought some gear from my
home station and I was able to use 2 K3 radios Jorge had in SO2V
configuration.  This allowed me to tune other radio at same time I was
running, to find unworked stations elsewhere on band. 

Stretch goal was to try to make new 10 m world record.  At the end I could
not quite get there mainly due to lack of multipliers especially in
Caribean/Central America but it is new QSO record of any single band in WW
CW.  Im sure I missed few countries but I did work everything I heard and
did not need to waste time busting pileups, I usually got throug with couple
calls.  I had European multipliers very well covered already after 1st day.
Conditions were great especially 1st day and it only slowed to crawl for
couple hrs 1st nite as I only got 20 Qs into log.  2nd nite was slower and I
slept for 3 hours and still went another 1.5 hrs before band started to
open.  

Most memorable QSO was busting huge 7O73T pileup with couple calls via long
path

over Pacific, China and India all the way to horn of Africa.  Other memory
is what's with dupes...  I worked another 248 duplicates !

Jorges station really gets out and Im grateful for the opportunity to come
down here, it was contest to remember and we had great time.  It was also my
37th zone to operate CQWW contest from and 40 zones lifetime goal is very
close now. 
73 and tnx for QSOs de Marko N5ZO


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