2003 CTDXCC CQ World Wide DX Operations
CQWW Phone Category QSOs Zones Countries Score
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AB5K SO AB HP 1131 86 280 1,145,946
KS5V SO AB HP 332 61 154 193,070
KE5C SO AB HP 241 118 64 111,566
N5AW SO AB LP 1167 131 385 1,651,200
W5ZL SO AB LP 582 79 222 474,978
KK5MI SO AB LP 328 69 191 229,320
W5GAI SO AB LP 145 153 56,916
K5NA MM AB HP 4005 162 561 6,246,720
K5NA ops: (K5NA,K5DU,KI5DR,K2UR,K6NR,W5MF,KC5YKX,N5GM,WM5R,K5PI,W5JEN)
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"Having three antennas pointed in three different directions really helped.
No effort on 40 meters and below shows in the score." - AB5K
"This was our first attempt to ever try M/M from Texas and we had, mostly,
a younger crew that was inexperienced at M/M. But we were all learning the
tricks of the M/M category and gained some valuable knowledge for the next
effort. Murphy struck us slightly with serious WriteLog networking
problems before the start. We had to isolate the 40M station because the
XP computer on 40M didn't want to talk with any of the other stations.
Then the amplifier for 10M smoked at the start, leaving me to scurry on
a 60 mile round-trip to borrow a replacement. Things went smoothly then
until Sunday, when a thunderstorm shut us completely down for 45 minutes.
And finally, the 160M transceiver went to the RF Gods late Sunday afternoon.
But we all had a great time. Conditions exceeded all predictions here." - K5NA
"Although I had no plans to operate, conditions were too good to pass up
completely. I wish this had been the ARRL 10 meter contest weekend." - KE5C
"A very definite part-time effort with time out for sleep, errands, church,
honey-do's, etc. Surprisingly, was able to break some big pileups with my 100
watt station." - KK5MI
"Score down slightly (20 QSOs, 20 multipliers) from last year, despite
my station improvements. Conditions were not great, but overall not too
bad, especially on the higher bands." - N5AW
"Very strange conditions - mostly pretty good on the high bands but
thought for sure somebody had stuck a pin in my coax around 11:30 AM local
time Sunday morning. All three bands (10, 15 and 20) went nearly silent
here at the same time. Used the time constructively, though, (K5NA
graciously agreed to move to 40 with me so I could get a USA mult) and
then went off to watch the Cowboys game (aka, "take a nap") on the
assumption that whatever solar or geomagnetic bomb had hit us would doom
the rest of the contest. When I ambled back into the shack after the
game/nap to assess the destruction, 10 was hotter than a pistol." - W5ZL
"I just got in the contest to work a few new countries and give out a
few contacts to folks. I really enjoyed the conditions." - KS5V
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