[SCCC] Fwd: W6PH CQWW SSB

[Kurt Pauer]

                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2025

Call: W6PH
Operator(s): W6PH
Station: W6PH

Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: Lone Pine CA
Operating Time (hrs): 24.5

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:
  80:
  40:  19    7        9
  20:  283    31      100
  15:  373    32      373
  10:  705    34      126
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Total: 1380  104      346  Total Score = 1,772,550

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

K3S SPE 1.3K  DXLog
Ant:  A3S at 40 feet, 40-2CD at 8 feet (eight feet)

I haven't been active since last March because my antennas are all lowered.
I have an A3S on 40 feet of Rohn 25 but it had a feedline problem.  I
climbed
the tower on Thursday morning and was able to repair the problem.  This
isn't easy for 83 yrs but I got it done.  I started in the contest with the
intention of just working multipliers to see if I could get 100 countries on
each band.  The conditions were so good that I got sucked into operating
more
than I had planned.  Ten meters was about the best I have experienced with
many
long distance zones being heard.  Unfortunately I didn't have enough ERP to
get into zone 21 or 22.  Those stations although very audible just CQed in
my
face.  I spent too much time fruitlessly trying to get through.  My drill
was to
S&P through a band using the bandmap to bypass stations I had already
worked.  I did a little running when the band was open to Asia.  I felt the
number of JA's were down this year compared to previous years.  I went out
to my shack before sunrise on Sunday morning waiting for the high bands to
open.
Out of curiosity I tried making some contacts with my 40-2CD which is
sitting
at 8 feet above the ground  Surprisingly I picked up 16 mults including
zones
1,3,25,28,30,31,and 32.  It was a pleasant surprise.  It was a lot of fun
with
really good conditions. 73, Kurt W6PH