[KCDXC] CQWW

[n0tt1@juno.com]

> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>   160:   62    11       21

Nice going on that Tom!  I operated only 160 this year....heard you
work a XE station around midnight local time...a station that, for
me, was overwhelmed by powerline noise here...after that I "threw
in the towel" and hit the switch.  Saturday, conditions seemed much
worse, with only a couple more DX stations worked....knocked off
around 10pm or so...not worth messing with.  :(

Anyway, my totals were 25Q's, 8Z, 13C

Sounds like those Beverages you put up worked well for you!

73,
Charlie
N0TT
> 
> Wellllllll... I thought about going for a single band run on 40M or 
> 160M and
> may
> still enter the final competition as a single band but obviously I 
> did not
> allocate any significant portion of time to any ONE band. I must say 
> that
> this
> CW stuff is getting to grow on me. My voice is much clearer 
> afterwards and,
> except for every noise I hear sounding like code, I have very few 
> ill
> effects. I
> rested well the first day and turned in for bed about 2PM I think. 
> After a
> pretty good first day I enjoyed 7 hours of peaceful rest starting at 
> 10PM
> local
> time the second night. I never really ran a frequency for any 
> prolonged
> time, so
> I was surprise to see I was spotted 3 times with one undiplomatic 
> spotter
> probably transmitting into a dummy load (I sent him an EMail 
> questioning his
> diplomacy skills perhaps a fellow countryman could counsel him). 
> This was my
> highest score thus far and apparently I've done something right to 
> improve
> my
> net score by over 600,000 points. There were a lot of highlights... 
> and
> almost
> no lowlights.
> 
> 1. Plenty of rest prior to the test allowed me to stay up longer the 
> first
> night.
> 2. The 40M 4 square was a blast into Europe with over a third of the 
> total
> Q's
> 3. So many good signals everywhere... I just scrapped my single band 
> plan to
> join in the Huge Party
> 4. Started sending by hand and forgot I wasn't even using the 
> computer.
> 5. Local club president (K0LW) came by to see how I was doing and 
> then Marty
> (NW0L) showed up... It took me a while but I finally realized that 
> they were
> here for something.. My wife had thrown me a birthday party and 
> didn't even
> invite me.
> 6. I picked a nice round number 1,111 QSO's to end it all an hour 
> early and
> say
> hi to the guests.
> 7.I've actually got a ton of new band mode (I'm new to CW) contacts 
> (over
> 100)
> and a couple of all time new ones.
> 8.During a late run a pointed the beam about 330 Deg (looking for 
> JA) and
> worked
> a bunch of EU.. including YL,LY,RA, many OH (really active).
> 9. Most surprising calls were from KL7 and 4K1C (twice).
> 10. I hope we can endure this diplomatic adventure and have some 
> peace
> throughout our amateur radio community and spread the joy that we 
> have in
> exercising our equipment with others. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
> 
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