[CVCC] ARRL DX CW - W4PM

Ed Moore nw4v at verizon.net
Sun Feb 22 19:37:53 EST 2009


Puck was the only CVCC'er I heard! I stayed on 20 the whole contest. The 
band sounded better on Saturday than Sunday. I had to be very patient for 
mult's with my low power and wire antenna.  All S&P and part time effort.

Had fun!

220 QSO 78 MULT's 51, 480.

73,

Ed NW4V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H. M. Motley, Jr. " <hmmjr at comcast.net>
To: "CVCC - reflector" <cvcc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 7:24 PM
Subject: [CVCC] ARRL DX CW - W4PM


> Here's my results.  I heard KG4W in there a lot.  Every time we went head 
> to head calling a station he beat me out!  Did anyone else in the club 
> play in this one?  Do you care to share your results?
>
> Puck
>
>                 ARRL DX Contest, CW
>
> Call: W4PM
> Operator(s): W4PM
> Station: W4PM
>
> Class: SOAB(A) HP
> QTH: Virginia
> Operating Time (hrs): 20
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>  160:   56    42
>   80:  278    67
>   40:  205    68
>   20:  155    72
>   15:   66    35
>   10:    3     3
> -------------------
> Total:  762   287  Total Score = 656,943
>
> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
>
> Comments:
>
> RIG: Ten Tec Omni VII, Ameritron ALS-600 500W
> ANTENNA: 176' center fed @ 60'
>
> The conditions were very good on the lower bands.  The higher bands except 
> for
> 10m showed signs of improvement with JA stations coming through stronger 
> than
> I've heard them in years.  I don't have a big enough antenna to hear much 
> on 10
> M under the present conditions.  At least I didn't get completely skunked 
> on 10!
> I got on 15 too late just as the EU stations started to fade out.
>
> CU in the next contest,
> Puck, W4PM
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