Call: CR2X
Operator(s):  
Station: CR2X

Added: 11/Nov/2011
Contest: CQ WORLDWIDE DX CONTEST, SSB
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Azores
Operating time: 48

Summary: 
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  281    14       60
   80:  296    20       70
   40:  941    30       94
   20: 2173    36      117
   15: 2369    37      113
   10: 3095    34      111
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Total: 9355   171      565  
Total Score = 15,545,056
Club: 

Soapbox: 

Never thought that I could be
disappointed after claiming a new EU
record with over 9000Q's logged. But
in propagation like what Mother Nature
offered us during the CQWW SSB
weekend, my score just isn't enough.
Somehow I totally failed my
multiplier. I knew that I was low on
mults most of the time, but just
didn't find a way to push my
multiplier to reasonable numbers. I
was moving every possible multiplier,
tried to make skeds on low bands,
beamed to Africa and South-America and
tried to get something going with 2nd
radio. But nothing helped. 

I was
well ahead of Jeff's EU record until
midway of the contest, but a lot worse
propagation on Sunday made me end up
with only a couple of percentage
advantage over Jeff's final score. So
most likely I failed my chance to get
the record back to my name. 

I was a
lot of fun and what a thrill it was to
start the contest on 20M with over
300Q/h instead of fighting in 40M QRM.
Never happened before in these seven
(!) years of operating from Azores.
(Oh boy, time flies.)

One week after
the contest we had bad news from
Azores. Someone had broken into the
shack and stolen some stuff from the
QTH. Before this we haven't had any
security issues, but from now on it's
one thing more on our minds to worry
on.

Thank you all for QSO's and
congratulations to Ranko & Tonno @403A
;) for making unbelievable score from
Montenegro.

73 de Toni, OH2UA / CU2KI