The results tell it all:
- fantastic propagation
- fierce competition, and
- a terrific score!
This was one of the best 'LPL operating teams ever.
Please enter my new e-mail address in your nickname file: donovanf@erols.com
73
Frank
W3LPL
donovanf@erols.com
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: W3LPL Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Multi Multi
BAND QSO COUNTRIES OPERATORS
160 274 74 K1HTV AI3M
80 987 95 N3OC KE3Q W3LPL
40 1319 106 KD4D K4ZW W3LPL
20 1692 122 K3MM K3NA K3RA
15 1219 115 K1RA ND3F W3LPL
10 136 57 K2YWE K3MQH
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Totals 5627 569 = 9,605,289
Equipment Description:
160M: FT-1000MP and TS-850S driving a shared 3-1000Z 1500 watt amplifier
4 square vertical array, 1/4 wave GP, 1/2 wave sloping dipole
Phased pair of 580 ft Beverages (NE), 580 foot Beverages (E, S, W, NW)
80M: FT-1000D and TS-850S driving a shared 3-1000Z 1500 watt amplifier
2 element quads at 170 feet (NE, S, SW, W)
580 foot Beverages (NE, E, S, W, NW)
40M: FT-1000MP and TS-850S driving a shared 3-1000Z 1500 watt amplifier
Stacked full size 3 element Yagis at 100 ft and 200 ft
Beverages (NE, E, S, W, NW)
20M: Two FT-1000MPs driving a shared 3-1000Z 1500 watt amplifier
Stacked pair of 5 element Yagis at 50 and 100 ft, 5 element Yagi at 200 ft
Beverages (NE, E, S, W, NW)
15M: FT-1000D and TS-850S driving a shared 3-1000Z 1500 watt amplifier
Stacked pair of 6 element Yagis at 48 and 96 ft, 6 element Yagi at 100 ft,
6 element Yagi at 200 ft
Beverages (NE, E, S, W, NW)
10M: TS-950S and TS-850S driving a shared 3-1000Z 1500 watt amplifier
5 element Yagi at 50 ft, 6 element Yagi at 70 ft, 7 element Yagi at 200 ft
Club Affiliation: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Continental Statistics
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 33 42 52 54 43 40 264 4.5
South America 6 8 20 54 47 65 200 3.4
Europe 227 913 1181 1371 933 15 4638 79.2
Asia 10 44 90 254 173 1 572 9.8
Africa 3 6 10 17 15 9 60 1.0
Oceania 8 17 27 32 25 16 125 2.1
Hourly breakdown: QSOs/multipliers per hour
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 17/13 101/28 110/26 64/15 20/9 ..... 312/91 312/91
1 19/12 73/7 78/15 46/20 8/0 . 224/54 536/145
2 19/7 70/14 44/17 14/3 . . 147/41 683/186
3 21/8 60/4 57/9 7/3 . . 145/24 828/210
4 18/11 58/5 44/1 8/1 . . 128/18 956/228
5 34/7 63/4 59/4 3/2 . . 159/17 1115/245
6 22/5 51/4 64/0 2/2 . . 139/11 1254/256
7 4/0 29/5 51/4 . . . 84/9 1338/265
8 ..... 11/4 52/5 ..... ..... ..... 63/9 1401/274
9 2/1 14/3 30/3 . . . 46/7 1447/281
10 1/1 11/3 12/1 20/11 . . 44/16 1491/297
11 6/2 16/1 13/3 120/17 10/9 . 165/32 1656/329
12 . 1/0 27/1 142/11 50/23 5/2 225/37 1881/366
13 . . 3/0 120/4 90/22 8/5 221/31 2102/397
14 . . . 82/1 103/10 20/9 205/20 2307/417
15 . . . 88/4 119/4 9/7 216/15 2523/432
16 ..... ..... ..... 98/2 102/7 9/8 209/17 2732/449
17 . . . 90/1 72/6 5/2 167/9 2899/458
18 . . . 72/2 36/2 3/2 111/6 3010/464
19 . . 6/0 52/3 13/4 13/6 84/13 3094/477
20 . . 56/1 24/1 3/1 7/2 90/5 3184/482
21 . 5/0 79/3 27/0 9/1 3/3 123/7 3307/489
22 9/1 57/1 75/0 37/2 26/1 5/1 209/6 3516/495
23 5/0 57/0 52/2 31/5 44/2 2/1 191/10 3707/505
0 19/2 55/3 32/1 26/2 26/1 ..... 158/9 3865/514
1 6/0 34/2 28/2 15/1 1/0 . 84/5 3949/519
2 14/1 18/1 18/2 8/2 2/1 . 60/7 4009/526
3 8/1 26/1 13/0 5/0 . . 52/2 4061/528
4 3/1 29/3 22/1 . . . 54/5 4115/533
5 20/0 40/0 20/4 3/0 . . 83/4 4198/537
6 14/0 27/0 27/0 2/0 . . 70/0 4268/537
7 6/0 17/1 38/0 . . . 61/1 4329/538
8 ..... 1/0 24/0 1/0 ..... ..... 26/0 4355/538
9 . 2/0 16/0 2/0 . . 20/0 4375/538
10 . . . 9/0 . . 9/0 4384/538
11 . . 2/0 48/1 2/0 . 52/1 4436/539
12 . . 17/0 49/0 45/1 . 111/1 4547/540
13 . . 1/0 40/2 87/1 3/0 131/3 4678/543
14 . . . 36/0 90/4 6/2 132/6 4810/549
15 . . . 43/1 65/0 12/2 120/3 4930/552
16 ..... ..... ..... 41/0 60/1 4/2 105/3 5035/555
17 . . . 49/1 49/0 8/0 106/1 5141/556
18 . . . 48/1 17/2 4/2 69/5 5210/561
19 . . 10/0 44/0 3/0 1/0 58/0 5268/561
20 . . 25/0 33/1 1/0 2/0 61/1 5329/562
21 .. . 47/0 22/0 6/1 4/0 79/1 5408/563
22 1/0 28/1 41/0 11/0 29/0 3/1 111/2 5521/565
23 6/1 33/0 25/0 10/0 31/2 . 105/3 5626/568
DAY1 177/68 677/83 912/95 1147/110 705/101 89/48 ..... 3707/505
DAY2 97/6 310/12 407/11 545/12 514/14 47/9 . 1920/64
TOT 274/74 987/95 1319/106 1692/122 1219/115 136/57 . 5627/569
QSO Counts By Band-Country (for countries with more than 10 QSOs on any band)
Prefix 160 80 40 20 15 10
Europe
9A 7 19 22 21 16 2
DL 24 142 182 228 170 3
EA 2 34 44 39 39 3
ES 1 2 3 11 2
EU 1 15 8 18 8
F 8 25 54 43 40
G 30 96 102 115 80 1
GM 3 11 7 8 6
HA 9 53 64 58 41
HB 5 19 18 23 19 1
I 10 41 100 109 86 1
LA 2 10 7 10 10
LY 3 13 5 24 8
LZ 1 15 32 22 18 2
OE 3 5 12 17 11
OH 7 15 20 50 21
OK 23 70 62 74 55
OM 10 24 22 34 14
ON 5 17 34 26 25
OZ 5 9 12 14 8
PA 6 12 28 39 35
S5 10 27 52 39 24 1
SM 9 18 23 30 19
SP 10 26 26 47 25
SV 1 2 9 11 5
UA 3 45 55 86 41
UR 3 60 77 61 33
YO 1 7 10 13 5
YU 7 35 47 49 28
Asia
JA 5 31 64 172 144 1
UA9 5 9 47 12
South America
LU 1 3 5 19 19 31
PY 1 1 6 20 15 15
Oceania
VK 1 5 14 15 8 2
Frank
W3LPL
donovanf@erols.com
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