[SECC] Fwd: WPX CW AA4LR SO(A)AB LP

[Jeff (W4DD)]

Nice low power effort Bill.

On May 29, 2017 7:18 AM, "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:

> CQWW WPX Contest, CW
>
> Call: AA4LR
> Operator(s): AA4LR
> Station: AA4LR
>
> Class: SO(A)AB LP
> QTH: GA
> Operating Time (hrs): 25.5
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs
> ------------
>  160:    0
>   80:   15
>   40:  226
>   20:  447
>   15:  162
>   10:   39
> ------------
> Total:  889  Prefixes = 452  Total Score = 866,936
>
> Club: South East Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Antennas:
> Cushcraft A3S/A743 at 15m (10-40m)
> Shunt-fed 15m tower (80m)
>
> Equipment:
> Elecraft K3/100 w/KAT3 running 100 watts
>
> Comments:
>
> It's been a while since I operated any contest seriously. My previous
> large effort in WPX CW was way back in 2010. I wanted to try and make a
> personal best effort. My 2010 effort was just shy of 500,000 points, so
> that was the goal. Because of church obligations, I'd missing late Saturday
> night and Sunday morning through mid-afternoon. But there was still plenty
> of operating time.
>
> At the contest start, I worked AE0EE on 10m, but he was the only signal on
> the band. I worked 15m and 20m hard, but I didn't want to linger too long
> because I needed to hit 40m hard. By 0230z, I was on 40m, and working many
> 6-point Qs. Lots of europeans available, but I finally ran out of gas at
> 0530z and hit the sack. I slept late, well after sunrise, and was back at
> the radio just before 1200z.
>
> 20m was productive, but quickly turned short. Oddly, though, 15m never did
> seem to open east-west. We never had a bit Europe opening on 15m. From
> about mid-day to later afternoon, 20m had that odd quality of being open in
> every direction at once -- working EU, SA and AS without turning the beam
> (well, not much). 10m never did open Saturday, not even to SA.
>
> Virtually all my work was S & P to this point, with a few short runs(<10
> Qs) when I found a reasonably clear frequency.
>
> By 0030z, I was back on 40m, but it wasn't really that open to EU yet, so
> it was back to 20m for an hour. Then I finished up on 40m at 0200z.
>
> At this point, I had beaten my previous best Qs, Prefixes and Score with
> over 620,000 points. Any operating I did Sunday would be gravy.
>
> Sunday I finally got back to the radio just before 1930z. Conditions were
> seriously different from Saturday. 10m was open with Es, but just about all
> of that was stateside. I was able to run on 10m, 15m and 20m, but virtually
> all the callers were stateside. While not worth a lot, they did provide
> needed mults, and the rate was very healthy. At one point, the rate meter
> was over 170/hour. I can't complain, because I rarely see this running
> low-power.
>
> Worked very few europeans on Sunday. I don't think propagation was
> favoring them. Went to 40m for the last hour, but it was pretty early. Made
> the jump to 20m, where I ran for a while, and then got pushed off in the
> last 15 minutes so I jumped back to 40m. One of my last Qs was CR6K - over
> 40 minutes before my sunset.
>
> Noted one problem with the A3S. 15m appears to have an intermittent high
> SWR. Never saw this on 20m or 10m, but it did happen several times on 15m.
>
> Very happy with these results. I believe this is the largest number of Qs
> I have personally made in any single contest. Looks like 1 million points
> is certainly achievable, and might have happened if I had more operating
> time. Perhaps next year.
>
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
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>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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