CQ WPX Contest review by JA6WFM.
Over the weekend, I participated in the CQ WPX SSB contest on a 10m band.
The contest started at 00:00 UTC at 9:00 in the morning Japan time. Normally, the North American area is open and be able to hear a lot of strong signals. It was less.
I quickly exhausted all the North American stations I could hear and started running, but I was rarely called.
Fortunately, I could hear a lot of nearby stations belonging to Oceania, such as YB and DU, so I gave up trying to QSO with North America and turned my antenna from northeast to southwest to accumulate points.
At around 3:00 pm Japan time, 06UTC, QSO time with Europe will begin. A lot of stations were heard compared to morning North America and conditions. This continued until 12 UTC around 9:00 pm Japan time, and I was able to accumulate more points.
The second day was much the same as the first day. On Monday morning Japan time, the A index was down, so I was hoping for an opening in the North American direction towards the end of the season, but it only recovered a little from the first day, and I wasn't able to accumulate points as usual.
That said, compared to last year's conditions, this year's conditions were much better and I was able to achieve my target score.
Hiro.
Audio review https://youtu.be/3wfqIMmuAtw
IC-7700(100W) 6ele Yagi N1MM
Time / QSO Zone
Running QSO(True) and S&P(False)
