I operated in both the SSB and CW Oceania DX Contests over the past two weekends, as a shakedown to see how I feel and how the new location works. As expected, I felt much better during the CW weekend than SSB, because it’s my favorite mode and uses less effort (for me) than operating phone. The station seems to really work well also – I believe it is ready for the CQWW DX SSB contest later this month.
My scores in the OCDX contest should be enough to win the SOAB category both weekends, and I was able to break my 2010 record by quite a bit during the CW event.
Oceania DX Contest, Phone
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 4 4
80: 38 32
40: 175 125
20: 356 236
15: 826 435
10: 418 270
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Total: 1817 1102 Total Score = 5,065,894
Oceania DX Contest, CW
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 25 22
80: 315 206
40: 346 241
20: 309 219
15: 646 369
10: 550 314
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Total: 2191 1371 Total Score = 11,833,101