W9WI CQ WW CW 2002


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First shot at the assisted category. I thought going QRP in ARRL DX was an act of masochism - SOA low-power raises it to a whole new level. (I note the CQWW records list doesn't acknowledge anyone trying SOA QRP!)

MANY thanks to K1EU whose telnet site I was using, and to K1TTT whose site pointed me there. It worked flawlessly.

Lots of interesting mults out there! Zone 35 was unusually well-represented. So was Asia. It was rather frustrating having XW1IC CQ in my face on a completely clear frequency on 15 meters Saturday night, but the other mults make up for it.

What happened in Hawaii?? Three QSOs with Zone 24, three with Zone 28, and *NONE* with Zone 31???

Seemed to be more people than usual failing to ID. That accounted for at least 3/4 of my dupes. Also had our usual complement of people who call CQ without bothering to listen. Sometimes I think there's an unwritten rule that prohibits anyone west of the Appalachians from running.

The weather was way too nice here in Tennessee. Finally gave up around 2100z Sunday, stuck the laundry on the clothesline (didn't think that'd be happening any more this year..), got on the bike, and rode 30km to take a QSL to the Pleasant View Post Office. (no, I don't live 15km from the post office. Long path.) Got home in time for the last two hours.

Plenty of interesting QSOs, interesting conditions, nice people, and the world's best CW ops. Gotta love the CQWW.

Interesting mults worked:

3V8BB     - Tunisia         - 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
6V6U      - Senegal         - 15m, 10m (wonder who drew the call 6V6GT?!)
9H1ZA     - Malta           - 40m
9L1AB     - Sierra Leone    - 20m, 15m, 10m
9M6NA     - East Malaysia   - 15m
9V1YC     - Singapore       - 15m
A61AJ     - U.A.E.          - 20m
BA7NQ     - China           - 15m
BD5WW     - China           - 15m
C53M      - The Gambia      - 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
LZ0A      - South Shetland  - 15m, 10m
CN2R      - Morocco         - 10m
CY0MM     - St. Paul Island - 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
D4B       - Cape Verde      - 15m
D44TD     - Cape Verde      - 20m, 15m, 10m
JY9NX     - Jordan          - 20m
KH0/      - N. Mariana Is.  - 10m
   JF2VAX
KH0/      - N. Mariana Is.  - 15m
   JK2VOC
OD5/OK1MU - Lebanon         - 10m
S9MX      - Seychelles      - 10m
TA3D      - Turkey          - 40m
TF3IRA    - Iceland         - 15m
TU2CI     - Ivory Coast     - 20m, 15m
VR2BG     - Hong Kong       - 15m
XT2DX     - Burkina Faso    - 40m, 15m, 10m
YB0DPO    - Indonesia       - 15m
ZA1B      - Albania         - 40m, 15m, 10m