[Elecraft] CQWW CW G3YMC

[Bob Nielsen]

On 12/01/03 04:25:00, Dave Sergeant wrote:
> Like last year I had a fairly serious attempt at this contest in the
> all band QRP section. Managed an incredible 40 hours operating!
> 
> 919 QSOs made in 85 DXCC countries, claimed score 477,935
> Rig K2, 5W, long wire antenna.
> 
> Conditions seemed a bit marginal. Although I worked a reasonable
> number of USA stations on all the higher bands, it was quite hard at
> times on 10m and I wasted time with stations not hearing me well. It
> was nice though to work the 5U station (a team of G operators) on the
> three hf bands, even first call on 15m!
> 
> The K2 worked great, as it always does. I sensed at times that other
> stations were having big receiver problems, many times I could hear a
> stations perfectly when the one he was working was asking for
> repeats. Perhaps that is why it was hard work with QRP this year when
> conditions were down on last year's.
> 
> This weekend has brought my all time QRP country worked count to 185
> and the 2003 count to 144.

Yes, conditions were down from last year, but they at least were better  
than during the CQWW-SSB last month.  In that one I gave up on QRP  
after only working 2 JA stations in 30 minutes of trying.

I only worked the contest for 9 hours but did get a few new QRP  
countries and made my first QRP long-path contacts to EU on 20m. I  
didn't hear as many SA stations as I have in previous contests.

It was a bit frustrating to call a S9+ station with no audible QRM and  
have him return with another CQ.  But then, not everyone has the ears  
of a K2.

73, Bob N7XY
Bainbridge Island, WA
IOTA NA-065
K2 #3273