1999 World-Wide RTTY WPX Contest
Call: KI0LO (at W0NKL)
Location: KANSAS, USA
CLASS: Single Operator
All Band
Low Power (100W)
Band QSOs PTS WPX (only new mults per band shown)
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80m: 97 210 25
40m: 152 440 54
20m: 198 303 79
15m: 251 528 104
10m: 82 201 29
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Totals: 780 1682 291 = 489,462 Claimed Score
Hours Operated: 29.5
Station Description: Yaseu FT-920, InRad 500 Hz Filter,
WriteLog/RTTYRite v9.22 (yet another flawless performance!)
Antennas: Mosley Pro-67C at 150 ft (40m-10m)
80m Inverted V at 100 Ft
Club Competition: Kansas City DX Club
Soapbox:
My second time in WPX and first time at a *real* station. Wow. My deepest
thanks go out to Jim, W0NKL, for the use of his aluminum, coax, comfy chair
and couch. This wire antenna stuff I play with at home must go... ;-)
Thanks again, Jim!
Never used any kind of beam before so didn't really know what to do - as it
turns out, I discovered the general rule is: point it at EU or JA and go to
town! Had a number of sustained good runs, with lots of DX calling me (for
a change!) 15 meters was my bread-and-butter band; 80m was suprisingly
empty all weekend.
Biggest thrill: Every new mult worked Sunday afternoon - they just kept a
comin'...
Biggest gripe (well, two actually):
1) The many stations who gave the full exchange at the same time they
answered a CQ (mostly new contesters I'm sure, but *several* did it on
every band I worked them) and 2) The stations who wanted to work me on a
frequency even though I was answering a CQ. Had one guy follow me around on
*three* bands and do that...
Had a great time in the contest, learned a *lot* about running with the big
dogs and surpassed my original goals of 400k points and 650 Qs by a
considerable margin. My entry last year was the first time I had been in an
RTTY contest. Boy, what a difference a year makes. Needless to say, I'm
quite pleased. See you next year!
73,
-Marty KI0LO
martyt@pobox.com
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