VP5M CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2024

[James Jordan]

    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2024

Call: VP5M
Operator(s): KU4V K4QPL NR4O WT3K
Station: VP5/K4QPL

Class: M/S LP
QTH: VP5
Operating Time (hrs): 48   (almost! See below)
Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:   10           4        9
   80:   31          10       27
   40:  563          22       74
   20:  942          29       95
   15: 1513         33      104
   10: 2703         34      101
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Total: 5762       132      410  Total Score = 7,672,010
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
STATION:
2 x K3 interlocked with EA4TX hardware interlock
ANTENNAS:
SteppIR 40-6M at 10M AGL
A3S Tribander at 7M AGL
80M dipole @ 10M AGL
160M Inverted L @ 10M AGL
(AGL is about 30M AMSL)

At about 2200Z on day two in the middle of a great 10M run our entire
neighborhood lost power and we were QRT. Restarts are unpredictable and we
feared the contest was over at VP5M. Fortunately it came back on in about
ten
minutes to shouts of joy and we were relieved to be able to finish the
contest
with a continuation of the unbelievable 10M runs.

Thanks for the Q's and all the great ops who pulled our LP signals out,
especially on the low bands where we are antenna challenged.

73 from the team,
Wayne, KU4V
Jim, K4QPL
Eric, NR4O
Daryl, WT3K