[OKDXA] My Pitiful CQWW effort

[Kim Elmore]

That sounds like an absolute hoot! Very well done!! Congrats!

73,

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Nov 29, 2021, at 8:02 AM, Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wow! Impressive Mark...
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mark Beckwith
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 6:26 AM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] My Pitiful CQWW effort
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
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