[TVARC] CQWW CW W3US SO(A)SB40 HP

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

That’s got to be a first – remoting into The Villages!  And working 94 countries on 40 in ten hours is terrific.

 

I wondered about Swains, since I never heard them.  Figured they didn’t get on for some reason, but I guess they did.  Also disappointed I never heard VK9XY on Christmas Isl but, like many DXpeditions, he didn’t participate in the contest.  Never understood that.

 

73, Pete, K2PS  

 

 

 

From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of w3us at casa-aloha.net
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 10:36 PM
To: TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TVARC] CQWW CW W3US SO(A)SB40 HP

 

We typically spend Thanksgiving with family in CT and this year was no exception (as I lament WHY is CQWW on Thanksgiving weekend every year?).  To make the most of the situation I decided to operate single band - 40M and chase DX at night when the family was asleep.  Except for the lack of (my) sleep things turned out pretty well.  The remote worked flawlessly and 40M was wide open to Europe from sunset to well past midnight.  I managed to snag two DXpeditions, Timor-Leste 4W8X and Yemen 7O73T, which by some quirk turns out to be in zone 37. I even heard K8R (Swains RIB) quite clearly, but they went QRT after only a handful of QSOs.

 

Congrats to Pete, Doug, Tom, and Ed for their truly outstanding efforts.  Well done guys!

 

Now on to the 10M contest in two weeks…

 

73,

Rusty - W3US

 

                   CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2023

Call: W3US
Operator(s): W3US
Station: W3US

Class: SO(A)SB40 HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Remote Operation

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
 160:                    
  80:                    
  40:  318    29       94
  20:                    
  15:                    
  10:                    
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Total:  318    29       94  Total Score = 109,962

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

Comments:

Given that we were with family for the holidays, 40M was the only option which
allowed contesting(at night) and family time (by day).
Flex 6600, Flex PGXL, Hustler 6-BTV flagpole vertical.


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