The CQ WW CW contest is still on as I write this. I am doing it now because I won't have time tomorrow with work. I've worked 408 contacts so far in CQWW as I write and have notched up a tonne of new countries on various bands.
One of the highlights was ZD80 - Ascension Island - which was my 100th country on 15 metres and was also a brand new country, not having been in my log before yesterday.
Here are the highlights of the weekend. I scrawled notes about each new country as I worked it. I got a rake on 15m, some new ones on 80m and even some on 20 and 40.
On 15 metres, the following were new - EX Kyrgyzstan, EA6 Ballearic Islands, OM Slovakia, ZA Albania, LY, Lithuania, ZD8 Ascension Island, VK Australia, LX Luxembourg.
New on 80m were: 4L Georgia, UK9 Uzbekistan, D4 Cape Verde.
PZ Suriname was new on both 20m and 40m and A7 Qatar was a new one on 20m.
And a nice surprise for the weekend, given that my random wire is not very effective on 160 metres and I only made 7 QSOs on that band, was OH0 Aland Island. Great stuff.
I will give another update when the contest is over (if I get time!)
Well done Anthony!
ReplyDeleteI was only on 40m during CQWW CW and so far 120 QSO`s - 63dxcc.
No too much time to spend but something.
A lot of new dxcc for me as EI9KC, top ones same as you ZD8 and JT5DX Mongolia.
100m and wimdom dipole on the tree ;)
Regards!
Ark EI9KC
I mean 100W :) ...
ReplyDeleteMy first QSO was 6V7Y Stan (EI6DX)
Hi Anthony, great to see you made so many QSO and new band DXCC.So far I made 54 QSO on 40m only, best DX JT5DX with 25W on the loop antenna. Not bad I think. And that for someone who doesn't know CW at all....73, Bas
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the great run at the CQWW
ReplyDeleteI finished up with 555 QSOs and approx 250,000 claimed points. Really enjoyed it, especially because it was all "manual" - ie no computer sending the morse for me! Ark - I hope you enjoyed your experience. I wonder if you would drop me an email about what antenna you are using? I am considering a hexbeam for my QTH.
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