CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: K1IR
Operator(s): K1IR, K1VR, KE1J, KM2P, K2WR, NR1DX, W1VE
Station: K1IR
Class: M/S HP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
------------------------------
160: 12 5 11
80: 318 18 86
40: 222 25 96
20: 436 34 133
15: 748 32 133
10: 924 34 144
------------------------------
Total: 2660 148 603 Total Score = 5,672,303
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Our goals were to (1) make sure the station worked after a major rebuild, (2)
produce a good score for YCCC, and (3) have a good time. We met all our
objectives.
It's interesting to note that our experience was no different from others who
had significant equipment failures during the contest. Only about an hour before
the contest was to start, I turned on an Acom amp and it failed to make it
through its startup sequence. Luckily we had an extra amp available. I took
those precious last few moments before the contest sweating the new amp into
place instead of talking strategy with the team.
On Saturday, one of our remote antenna switches started to act funny, finally
dying out completely. Turns out a couple of highly trained engineers were able
to identify a leaky 3 cent bypass capacitor. Chopped it out and back in
business. Minimal impact on operations.
Lessons learned: Mainly one big one - when you get to 90% or 95% in completing
the station, you MUST focus on operating plans. Having a great strategy and
making good use of your operator resources in a multi-op are the critical
difference between good and great performance. We will be focusing on this
aspect more aggressively next time.
Once again, congratulations to all - winners and competitors alike!
73,
Jim K1IR
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
|