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

[Ed Deichler]

Nice going on 40, Rusty.  I share your lament about CQ CW always being on
the Thanksgiving weekend.  I would like to see CQ alternate the SSB and CW
weekends, say one year "normal" and the next year reversed.

73 de Ed

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 10:40 AM K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That’s got to be a first – remoting *into* The Villages!  And working 94
> countries on 40 in ten hours is terrific.
>
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>
> 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
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> *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
>
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>
> 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.
>
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> Congrats to Pete, Doug, Tom, and Ed for their truly outstanding efforts.
> Well done guys!
>
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> Now on to the 10M contest in two weeks…
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> 73,
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> Rusty - W3US
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>                    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:
> ------------------------------
> 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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