[CVCC] CQWW CW 05 - W4PM

[Howard Motley]

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

 Call: W4PM
 Operator(s): W4PM
 Station: W4PM

 Class: SOLP
 QTH: Hanover County VA
 Operating Time (hrs): 11.5

 Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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   160:      0       0         0
    80:      26       8      19
    40:      79      14     43
    20:    106     17      56
   15:       56     14      41
   10:       11       5       7
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Total:  278      58     166   Total Score = 169,344

81 different countries in 20 zones

RIG:  100 Watts to 111' CF zepp at 20 feet.

Club: Unaffiliated CVCC

Comments:
Mother in one hospital and mother-in-law in another cut into my operating 
time but I did manage to post the high score on my street.  I'm the only ham 
on my street so that helps.  Too bad it didn't rain over the weekend and 
quiet my power line noise to something below S8.

There's good news and bad news here though.  The good news is the noise was 
blankable.  The bad news is that the noise blanker in my rig cuts the noise 
but destroys the front end.  So on all bands I heard "shuuuu shi shuuuu shi 
shuuu shuuu shi shuuu    shuuu    shi    shi shi shi     shuuuuu   from the 
S9 plus USA stations.
That limited my reception, for the most part, to the big signal multi's in 
EU and Zones 7-10.

Even with the problems it was fun.  Let's do it again next year!

Puck, W4PM