Just dabbled a bit here with about 5 hours of BIC time. Much too nice weather to stay inside.
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CQWW WPX Contest, CW – 2020
Call: K3IU
Operator(s): K3IU
Station: K3IU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 5:00
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 5
40: 26
20: 65
15: 69
10: 42
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Total: 207 Prefixes = 153 Total Score = 51,408
Club: CT RI Contest Group
I agree with you Ken on the nice weather! So I operated 80m at night primarily using my temporary new Half Diamond vertical (details below) cut for 3.540 MHz, as well as make use of a few of my other low band antennas. Had fun and was able to double up on the current W1 record in this category. Certainly the most contacts I’ve ever made on 80m in a single contest – so the new aerial appears effective! 73, Bill W1WBB
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CQWW WPX CW Contest – 2020
Call: AI1TT
Operator(s): W1WBB
Station: W1WBB
Class: SO(A)SB80 LP
QTH: RI
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Location: USA
Summary:
160:
80: 321
40:
20:
15:
10:
Total: 321 Prefixes 230 Total Score 156,630
Club: CT RI Contest Group
Icom IC-7300 @ 100 watts to recently constructed ‘temporary’ 80m Half Diamond modified vertical loop (upside down vee apex at 55 feet, a half dozen short ground radials under each vee leg, fed via balun/coax at near leg end) – broadside NE/SW; 88 foot doublet up near 40 feet (secondary TX *and occasional RX* antenna), and 40m Half-Square with horizontal wire at 30 feet used via tuner for 80m use (for close-in/regional contacts). The new 80m Half Diamond (low angle radiator) performed very well into Eu… nice to be called by them at times with my 100 watts! It was more narrow-banded than expected (more frequent use of tuner needed than expected) – to be investigated.
Terrible thunderstorms in Northeast within 200 miles of my QTH on Night 1 (thru about 0430Z) made copy quite difficult … hence, lots of serial # repeat requests. Local sunset here at 0015Z for WPX CW and first two hours each evening (00-02Z) were quite slow with most ops on 20m/40m bands.
Managed to work 24 Eu on Night 1 thru the heavy QRN. Put 29 Eu (and an EA8 from Af) in the log with much quieter and slightly improved conditions on Night 2. A few slight improvements to the very modest ground radial system were made during Saturday daytime. 25 VE and only CO2, HH, KP2, TI and XE for NA DX. Only PAC: VK2CCC was copied just above the noise but never heard me. I missed operating local sunrise on Sunday morn after having pulled the plug at 07Z for needed rest.
I had a lot of fun in this one, even if the rates on this band weren’t real great. The exponential growth in WPX of one’s score as the contest progresses is always cool. All AI1TT QSOs to Clublog and Log.