[EIDXA] CQ WW CW - AK0M

[Steve Sutterer]

2002 CQ WW CW - AK0M:
Single-Op Unlimited, 100W

420 Q's / 106 zones / 252 band-countries =3D 394,874

About 16 hours of operation.

Comments:  Writelog wouldn't both control the rig AND key it, only one =
or the other, although it worked fine last CW contest.  This cost me =
several hours of fidgeting at the start of the contest Friday night.  So =
I fell back to good ole reliable CT.

My score is well down from last year, even though I ran 100W this year =
vs QRP last year.  I thought condx were less than great... bands seemed =
to close for my low antennas much sooner than usual, and absorption =
seemed high.  40m Friday night was probably my best band, followed by =
15m to JA on Sat afternoon.  I missed lots of good multipliers:  9V, =
3C2, XW, 3W, BY, BV, HS, YB, A4, 5N, SV, 9M6, V73, ZA, 4U1ITU, etc.  =
Sunday afternoon pileups were brutal.

Rig:  TS930 w/Piexx interface board
Antennas:  TH2 @ 32'; Butternut HF6V vertical, ground mounted with lots =
of radials, for 80-10; trapped sloping vertical ground plane for =
40/80/160 (just put up on Sat afternoon... responsible for most of my =
80m Q's and all my 160m Q's).

73, Steve AK0M


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