My fellow contesters...
First the summary and then a few comments...
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1999
Call: 8P2K (8P6SH op) Country: Barbados
Mode: SSB Category: Single Unlimited
Zone: 08
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 1 0 0.00 1
1
80 26 55 2.12 5
22
40 119 256 2.15 13
33
20 588 1464 2.49 30 104
15 561 1364 2.43 33 113
10 1427 3574 2.50 34 139
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Totals 2722 6713 2.47 116 412 =>
3,544,464
FINAL SCORE = 3,544,464
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
Kenwood TS450s, twp (2) 400MHz AMD computers, Alpha 374A
amplifier.
Club Affiliation:
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
NOW for a few comments:
Conditions on 10 and 15 metres were particularly outstanding from Barbados,
20m as always requires perseverence and an exceptionally loud signal and
a really exotic call also helps.
I had planned to use two radios and a CT network so each radio could see the
bandspots for that band only and so I could more or less continue running
while
hunting the mults on the second radio.
A bout of laziness and extra work commitments in the week ahead of the 'test
meant
that I did the contest with just the one radio and less antenna power than
planned!!!
This is the second straight year that I entered the assisted category and it
won't
be the last. This year I spent quite a bit of time getting a CT network
going with
"WINTELNETX" feeding the DX spots into CT. Last year I just used two
computers
one logged into a couple dxclusters.
Well I certainly improved on my multiplier total - but conditions were so
good that
the spots just kept rolling in and after the first hour I was truly running
SOAB-distracted.
>From band to band I hopped picking up lots of new mults - with great
difficulty since
a lot of the time the pile-ups were tough to bust - and the other half of
the time the
propagation would be marginal.
Soooo I've learnt my lesson and next year we'll refine our technique.
Definitely two
radios!! Definitely two amps!! Definitely a 160m antenna!!
I've already lost a week towards implementing the plan... hi hi.
73 and see you next contest - WAE - RTTY next weekend!!
QSL's for 8P2K should be directed to my manager KU9C
Dean St. Hill - 8P6SH/8P2K
Michael Dinkelman, N7WA
mwdink@eskimo.com
Kent, WA
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