CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: W9JA Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Multi Single
Zone: 4 High Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 34 75 2.21 15 27 Tilted Inv-V
80 78 193 2.47 22 57 Rot. dipole @ 165'
40 216 594 2.75 31 103 3/3
20 689 1869 2.71 40 151 5/5/5/5
15 1084 3045 2.81 36 157 6/6/6/6
10 405 1100 2.72 30 118 5/5/5
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Totals 2506 6876 2.74 174 613 => 5,411,412
Ops: W9JA + K9GS, K9GY, K9JY, N9AU, N9FH, WE9V
Something always needs fixing at big stations. This contest was
no exception. A few days before the contest I thought I would check
out a few things. We had zero 10M antennas working. I'm glad
we got them fixed in time, as 10M was a blast.
Also, since the M^2 3el 80M beam took a crash last spring, nothing
has replaced it. N9AU and W9JA worked on rebuilding one element
plus a relay canister to do SSB/CW switching and make it a rotatable
dipole. That went up on the tower 4 days before the contest.
Unfortunately, it was installed in such a way that the loading
wires arced to the tower after 5 QSOs. Day 1 on 80M was a bust
with 5 QSOs. During the daylight of Saturday, we were able to
spot the problem and devise a fix. It worked and as a result
did a little catching up on Saturday night. (You should have
seen the big arcs on Friday night!!!)
20M was very difficult to get anything going. Not only did everyone
disappear to 10 & 15M, but the conditions didn't seem too hot.
Thanks and CUL!
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Chad Kurszewski, WE9V e-mail: WE9V@qth.com
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