CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: G3TXF
Operator(s): G3TXF
Station: G3TXF
Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP
QTH: Devon
Operating Time (hrs): 26
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 2122 39 164
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Total: 2122 39 164 Total Score = 944,356
Club: Three A's Contest Group
Comments:
Saturday :
First QSO (RG6G) was at 0640z and the last QSO (LU1DZ) was at 1940z. Continuous
operation for 13 hours. The band conditions in the morning were evidently
disturbed, but there was plenty of activity on 10m. At times there were loud
echos on many signals. On several occasions G3TXF heard multiple decaying
levels of echo from his own signal. The echo in the morning made it hard to
copy some signals, particularly those from South America which appeared to be
on a skew path.
The small handful of JAs worked were coming from the East (over the Indian
Ocean) rather than from North-North-East on Short Path. There was no sign of
any JAs on the Long Path. Again, as has been the case in several recent 10m
contests, more BYs were worked on Saturday than JAs!
The afternoon opening to the USA did not get going properly until some time
after 1430z and lasted until about 1845z. Plenty of Zone 3 stations were
worked, but unfortunately nothing was heard from Alaska and Zone 1. By the end
of Saturday 39 Zones had been worked, with Zone 1 being the only one missing.
In past years Zone 37 has proved to be a troublesome Zone to find, but a J28
(z37) was worked early on Saturday morning. All the other Zones dropped into
place nicely with KH7XX (Long Path / South mid-morning) providing z31 and with
both AH2R and AH0K providing z27. 5R8IC provided z39. Z81R made z34 easy to
work. Two Canadian stations were worked in z02. Various TFs and XP2I provided
z40. JT5DX and JT1E were handing out plentiful contacts with z23.
As usual the last half hour on 10m was spent trying to work any South Americans
that could still hear me. Unfortunately by this time in the Contest most South
American stations are beaming towards the USA and can be a little deaf to any
remaining weak European callers.
Two nice surprises around 17z were N8A (KH8) and FO5RH both on the Short Path
(NW). A full-house of the rarer UK "DX-Mults" were worked :
two on
Shetland: GZ3F and MZ8A; two GJs: GJ2A and GJ3YHU; together with GU4CHY, GD6IA
and a small bundle of GIs.
Ended Saturday with 1,178 QSOs, 39z and 142c.
Sunday :
First QSO (P3F) at 0700z and last QSO (PY2HR) at 1900z. Sunday's 10m operation
was slightly shorter than Saturday's.
During Sunday 944 QSOs and 22 Countries were added to Saturday's total. [There
was still no Zone 1 / Alaska to be found on the Sunday]. The opening to the USA
on Sunday dried up at about 1815z, about half an hour earlier than on the
Saturday, and the final QSO (PY2HR) was 40 minutes earlier than the final QSO
on the Saturday (LU1DZ).
Countries 'seen' or heard but not worked : 5H, CP, HH (4V), KL7, PZ, T7, XW and
V3.
The combined total of W/VE QSOs (977) represented 46% of the QSO total.
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