GACW WWSA CW DX Contest
Call: W6QU
Operator(s): W8QZA
Station: W8QZA
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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80: 0 0 0
40: 2 2 1
20: 27 12 17
15: 19 10 12
10: 1 1 1
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Total: 49 25 31 Total Score = 8,680
Club:
Comments:
Xcvr: Yaesu FT-817
Antenna: Tribander with 40 M extension up 10 Meters.
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The first few hours were VERY depressing. I began to think I would never have a
QSO that was outside the USA!
But after several hours the bands opened a bit and I got into Europe from the
west coast with my QRP signal on 15 and 20. I ended up with 22% of my Qs in
Europe.
Even though this is an "everyone works everyone" contest, 40% of my Qs were
South America, compared to the usual 5% or so!
I expected to have 10 or 15 Qs outside the USA on 40 meters in this contest, but
never got one! The band seemed dead here overnight, and by 1 AM I finally went
to sleep for a few hours.
I like the 24 hour aspect of this contest as a pleasant variant from most DX
contests.
I used CQ WWDX contest on CT to log the contest. It kept very nice track of my
mults and dupes. I only had to alter some of the QSO points at the end. It
looks like I could submit the CQ WWDX Cabrillo format for this contest with a
few minor corrections to the header, but I think I will stick to a paper log to
be sure my entry doesn't get messed up!
See you in IARU QRP!
Bill Parker W8QZA - W6QU
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