A little late, but.... CQ WPX (CW) going on right now

[wayne burdick]

Hi all,

I should have sent this yesterday, but it’s not too late to get in on the action: It’s the CQ WPX CW weekend. This is one of the best contests of the year in which to work some new countries, test your antennas, try a new rig, etc. 20 meters, in particular, is really hopping.

The exchange is simple; just <RST> <sequenceNumber> (starting with ‘1’). Full rules here:

   http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

This is a great contest for QRP, because all of the big-gun contest stations worldwide are using their high-gain antenna arrays (which help with signal strength on both ends).

I was out hiking using the KX2 and the AX1 20/17 meter whip prototype (4’ long) today. Made about 10 contacts in 10 minutes with 10 watts (parallelism not intended :)  Best DX was Uruguay.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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[Dwight Anderson]

Thanks Wayne!!!

 I am having a blast just with the KX3,  PX3, and KXPA100, what great designs!!!
The 20 M band is going great!!!
I'm just spending a few minutes here and there today and got through on the first try to UK, Finland, Slovak, and Czech.

Back to the radio....

Much Regards,
Dwight
WM5F



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Subject: [Elecraft] A little late, but.... CQ WPX (CW) going on right now

Hi all,

I should have sent this yesterday, but it’s not too late to get in on the action: It’s the CQ WPX CW weekend. This is one of the best contests of the year in which to work some new countries, test your antennas, try a new rig, etc. 20 meters, in particular, is really hopping.

The exchange is simple; just <RST> <sequenceNumber> (starting with ‘1’). Full rules here:

   http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

This is a great contest for QRP, because all of the big-gun contest stations worldwide are using their high-gain antenna arrays (which help with signal strength on both ends).

I was out hiking using the KX2 and the AX1 20/17 meter whip prototype (4’ long) today. Made about 10 contacts in 10 minutes with 10 watts (parallelism not intended :)  Best DX was Uruguay.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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[Richard Thorne-4]

I'm having a blast with my KX3.  I'm putting a serious dent in QRP DXCC
this weekend.

I'm working EU on 20m normally with the 1st or 2nd call with 5 watts.

The KX3 has a great receiver and does not get wiped out with nearby
strong signals.

Rich - N5ZC

On 5/26/2018 9:49 PM, Wayne Burdick [hidden email] [KX3] wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I should have sent this yesterday, but it’s not too late to get in on
> the action: It’s the CQ WPX CW weekend. This is one of the best
> contests of the year in which to work some new countries, test your
> antennas, try a new rig, etc. 20 meters, in particular, is really hopping.
>
> The exchange is simple; just <RST> <sequenceNumber> (starting with
> ‘1’). Full rules here:
>
> http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm
>
> This is a great contest for QRP, because all of the big-gun contest
> stations worldwide are using their high-gain antenna arrays (which
> help with signal strength on both ends).
>
> I was out hiking using the KX2 and the AX1 20/17 meter whip prototype
> (4’ long) today. Made about 10 contacts in 10 minutes with 10 watts
> (parallelism not intended :) Best DX was Uruguay.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
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[John Harper]

Been using the KX2, with and without the KPA500 at times (the combo is good
for ~160 watts). 15m is currently open to EU - haven't seen that in a
while. Otherwise, wall to wall on 20m, day and night.

John AE5X
https://ae5x.blogspot.com
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