[CVCC] CQWW CW - W4PM

[H. M. Motley, Jr,]

I heard W4MYA, KG4W, WK4Y, and N3UA in this one.  Whenever we went head to head calling a station you guys beat me out everytime.  I did much better last year with 40 more contacts and a lot more mult's but I spent 6 more hours of "BIC" time too. Actually I got 7 new B/E's out of this contest so all was not lost.


>From 3830 posting:

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

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

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 17

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    0     0        0
   80:   32     9       21
   40:  116    25       73
   20:  232    29       93
   15:  224    18       80
   10:   12     7       10
------------------------------
Total:  616    88      277  Total Score = 635,830

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

RIG: Ten Tec Omni VII, Ameritron ALS-600  - 500W
ANTENNA: 176' Center Fed at 50'

I missed most of both nights so little time was spent on 80 and none on 160.
15 meters was a pleasant suprise and I could run'em on that band.
Most all else was S&P except for a couple of short runs on 20.
I found my amp no longer works on 10 meters?  Oh well, I don't hear much on
that band anyhow.

I may have an lot of busted QSO's.  A lot of folks were not hearing me well and
got my call wrong.  I was W4PA, W4PO, W4RM, W4PW, W4WM, W3PM, and W5PM amoung
others.  I tried to correct the station I was working at the time but I don't
think all of them got corrected. I hope it's less than 5% decrease in Q's and
score!!!

Thanks for the Q's.  There are even a couple of new B/E's (band entities) in my
log!  CU in this one next year.

73,
Puck W4PM