[OKDXA] My Pitiful CQWW effort

[Mark Beckwith]

It took me years to realize that, like France, there's nothing like the 
CQ Worldwide contest.

I was invited at the last second to join the KØRF Multi-Multi via remote 
(I guess that means they were desperate?).  I have never done that.  
Ever.  Chuck (K0RF) over-nighted me a box full of stuff with the 
instructions to take it out of the box intact, plug it in and hook it up 
to the internet.  Are you /kidding /me?

It was nothing short of a game changer.

I'll be celebrating being licensed 50 years on December 21, and I am the 
caricature of Old School.  This remote rig stuff is standing me on my ear.

It was a blast.  Me an' Kurt K7NV (my elbow-partner in Nevada) were the 
two-man team for 40 meters.  We worked 1300 QSOs in 121 countries on 40 
meters.  37 Zones.  From a station in Colorado.

Draggin' today but still up before the crack of dawn because that's just 
what old farts do.

73 - Mark N5OT


On 2021-11-28 7:11 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
> Due to many mitigating circumstances, I could only put a few hours 
> into CQWW CW. I was only S&P and using high power. Try as I might, I 
> never heard any of the 10 m spots I saw.
>
> 7 hours of VERY laid back operating
> 71 QSOs
>   4 on 80 m;   4 DXCC
> 17 on 40 m; 14 DXCC
> 20 on 20 m; 14 DXCC
> 30 on 15 m; 17 DXCC
>
> Overall: 40 different DXCC entities.
>
> I had fun, even so. I hope everyone else did, too!
>
> 73 & C U in the Pileups,
>
> Kim N5OP
>
>