SPRINT SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Date : 18-Oct-98
Callsign Used : KK7GW
Operator : KK7GW
Category : Single Operator/Low power
Default Exchange : # David Wa
Name : David Jones
Address : 11427 110th AVE NE
City/State/Zip : Kirkland, WA 98033
Country : United States
Team/Club : Rush Drake Orchestra
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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80CW 11 11 11 0 <tuned 40m dipole>
40CW 33 33 33 2 <dipole at 13 feet>
20CW 28 28 28 18 <dipole at 24 feet>
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Totals 72 72 72 20
Final Score = 1440 points.
Power output: 100 watts
Hours of operation: 3.6 or so.
Comments: Looks like I might be 2nd or 3rd low power behind Tree and
maybe a couple others. K0RF was past 100, but I'm pretty sure he was
running a KW.
Well, as I'm sure everyone else is going to say, this went slooooowly.
I got off to a fast start, picking up 17 Q's in the first 17 minutes. I
finally felt in the swing of the sprint style system. Then, I couldn't
find any new stations...and finally after #25 at 0047z, I went down to
40. Of course, moving to a new band, the rate jumped again, until I'd
worked all the hardcore guys that could hear me.
Then, I come across K7RAT working one of the QRP ARCI guys. As long as
you get the exchange, it counts, and boy did those QRP'ers help. Of
course, I had to note the full exchange they sent, because I'm doing a
semi-effort in that contest too. It's a good warm-up for SS, I had nice
little 25-30/hr runs on 20 in the morning.
Finally checked 80 at 0200z, and worked a couple here and there. I took
a bit of a break to eat and check the World Series around 0245z, got
upstairs just in time to see Tino Martinez hit a grand slam to put the
Yankees on top for good.
However, I kept at this contest, and I ended it like I did the start,
racking off 5 Q's in the last 6 minutes, thanks to K7SS and W7WA moving
up and down with me.
Stations worked on all 3 bands: N0AX, K6AW, W7GG, K7RAT, N7WA, KI7Y,
K7SS, and W7WA.
My pet peeve...having the RTTY guys maliciously interfere with me...I
called NA KK7GW, and boom RTTY starts. It stops, I call, it starts as
soon as I finish the CQ. 40 was packed with SSB below 7040 and RTTY
from 7030 up through 7050.
This was a different sort of a contest.
I, by virtue of my statement below, have taken part in the Honor Sprint
#1, conscientiously applying my most ethical interpretation of the rules
for this contest as set forth in the message to the CQ-Contest
reflector.
Date 10/17/98 Signed David J. Jones Call KK7GW
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