CQ WW DX CW 2020 Worked DXCC's

By: Bert， PA1B

19 January 2021 at 19:00

Table of worked DXCC's
In CQ WW DX CW contest of 2020 I worked 33 DXCC's, all with search and pounce. A contest gives an excellent opportunity to work many stations in many DXCC countries. When the signals that I receive are strong, I will reduce my power.

1000 Miles per Watt
When I work with very low power, I often make more than 1000 Miles per Watt QSO's. The red numbers in the table are QSO’s that are made with more than 1000 Miles per Watt.

Time Diagram
In the time diagram you can see the used power from QSO to QSO.
This diagram is gives only the QSO's that were made on 20 meter. Because 20m was the only band where I could wordk with very low power. You can see that the Saturday was the better day, to work with less than 100 mW. When I use less than 100 mW I make use of the PA1B attenuator.

PA1B Time diagram 20 m CQ WW DX CW 2020

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CQ WW DX CW 2020
28 December 2020 at 15:54

CQ WW DX CW 2020

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By: Bert， PA1B

28 December 2020 at 15:54

My shack has a new ceiling.

So before I could start in the CQ WW DX CW 2020, I placed all the gear back in the shack.

Delayed start

But when I started, I could not get a good SWR. In the end it took me an hour to figure out what was wrong. Unfortunately one of the PL259 connectors of the cable between the set and the SWR-meter was NOT screwed, in a decent way of course. After I found out, I could start. But then my wife asked my to make a label for a return packet. This took less than an hour.

CQ WW DX CW 2020

I enjoyed the contest. I was looking forward to participate. I made a total of 139 QSO's, all with search and pounce. The Rig is a FT-817 with a maximum power of 4 watts. My antenna is an end fed sloping down to the east.

I worked on 40 m, 20 m and 15m.
On 20 m I used a power of 4 W down to 36 mW, using the 10 dB PA1B power attenuator.

Very low power
I started on 20 m with 800 mW to 4 W and then after 6 QSO’s the S-meter went up to S9+10 dB. So I could make the first QSO with 36 mW. With 360 mW from the set and the attenuator on 10 dB. Only on Saturday I could make a 7 QSO's with only 36 mW and just one on Sunday.

It was great to make a QSO with TA3ST with his excellent ears. I first tried with 360 mW, but when my signal was not heard, I increased the power (with 3 dB) to make the QSO. I could barely hear him, but he could hear my 800 mW. Hi. FB.