CQWW – SSB

2008 : 6,731 points

Contest ran from 25.Oct.2007+0000z through 26.Oct.2007+2400z.

Station: Elecraft K3 running 100W into the 80m full-wave horizontal loop (formerly known as ol’ Droopy) “up” 20-25ft.

I operated sporadically on Saturday, and then for the final hours on Sunday—maybe 4½–5 hours total. I managed to get 58 Qs this year and had a blast playing with the roofing filters on my new K3. I worked a few stations on 80m Saturday night, a lot of South American stations on 15m and 20m on Sunday; I didn’t really have much time on 40m.

Some of the more interesting locations:

  • Chile (CE3DNP)
  • Spain (EA1FDI)
  • Honduras (HQ2W, HQ3Z × 3 bands)
  • Nicaragua (HT2N × 2 bands)
  • Virgin Islands (KP2M)
  • Puerto Rico (KP4KE)
  • Argentina (LR2F, LS1D, LT1F, LU1HLH, LU1NDC, LU2QC, LU8YE)
  • Netherlands Antilles (PJ4E)
  • Brazil (PP5AR, PS2T, PY2YU, ZV5E, ZW5B, ZX5J)
  • Antigua (V26B)
  • Turks & Caicos Islands (VP5DX, VP5T)
  • Venezuela (YV4A)
  • Cayman Islands (ZF2AH)
  • and Suriname (PZ5Z)

Stats: 58 Qs, 54 unique stations, 30 multipliers, 23 zones

2007 : 2,079 points

Contest ran from 27.Oct.2007+0000z through 28.Oct.2007+2400z.

Station: IC-706MKIIG running 100W into ol’ Droopy, my 80m full-wave horizontal loop “up” 15-20ft. (±5ft.)

I only operated for about an hour on Saturday, and a little over two hours on Sunday—maybe 3½ hours total, garnering me only 25 Qs, but it was a lot of fun. Working 15m was a nice change, as was 20 (time split about half-and-half).

Some of the more interesting locations:

  • Japan (8N7TU, JA7NVF, JS3CTQ)
  • Antigua & Barbuda (V26B)
  • Turks & Caicos Islands (VP5T)
  • Cayman Islands (ZF2AH)
  • Dominican Republic (HI3K)
  • Jamaica (6Y1V)
  • French Guiana (FY5KE)
  • Aruba (P40A, P40PA)
  • Netherlands Antilles (PJ2T)
  • Galápagos Is. (HC8N)
  • and Tonga(!) (A35RK)

Stats: 25 Qs, 20 unique stations, 13 multipliers, 9 zones, 16 prefixes

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