[TVARC] CQWPX Contest results - K2DM

[George Briggs]

I like to set goals for these contests in order to see just how my station performs.For this weekend's prefix contest I set a goal of 500 QSOs.  I used my Elecraft KPA500amplifier running around 400-450W, and my newly constructed flagpole antenna.Conditions were generally horrible with weak signals and considerable QSB (fading up anddown).  Many times a station would be 579 when they called me, and they would drop belowthe noise level when it was time for them to send their serial number to me.  Many requestswere made for repeats on both sides.  But we all knew it, so we all hung in there until theexchange was completed.
I spent a lot of time CQing as opposed to searching and pouncing.  Rates were low either way,but it was frustrating typing in a callsign and having N1MM tell me that I had already worked thatstation.  I took a number of breaks, slept both nights, went out to friends' Saturday evening, watchedTV, but I managed to reach my goal of 500 contacts around 4:00 Sunday afternoon.  During thecontest I worked ND4G and K3ZGA and I heard K2TE.  If I missed any other TVARCers, I apologize.
Scoring in this contest is a bit complex.  There are premiums for QSOs on the low bands versus thehigh bands, and QSOs with other continents count more than with one's own continent.  QSOs withyour own country count the least.
Here are my totals:
40M    140 QSOs (73 US), 93 Prefixes20M    300 QSOs (167 US), 184 Prefixes15M    77 QSOs (55 US), 23 Prefixes10M    8 QSOs (6 US), 0 Prefixes
Total    525 QSOs (301 US), 300 prefixes
Final score:  329,100
The rig worked great.  The amplifier worked great.  The flagpole/remote tuner needs a little, well, tuning,and the operator could have spent more time in the chair operating.  But all in all it was fun, and I wasquite pleased at the outcome.
73,George K2DM
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