CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: VP9I
Operator(s): WA1S, KQ1F, K1XM
Station: VP9I
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: Bahamas
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 195 6 18
80: 722 16 65
40: 1505 25 90
20: 1541 28 108
15: 1227 26 93
10: 684 24 81
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Total: 5874 125 455 Total Score = 7,936,140
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Equipment: FT-1000MP
FT-920 (replaced Sunday by TS-940S)
Antennas: Cushcraft A-4 at 20'
Mosley CL-33 with TA-33 driven element at 15'
Carolina Windom (40 meters)
G5RV (80/160 Meters)
40 meter dipole
A new multi-2 record for Bermuda!
Ann was the primary operator on 40 and 15, and I was the
primary operator on the other bands. Charlotte filled in
as needed.
Ann stayed awake for the full 48 hours. I slept twice.
Propagation was not kind to small stations. Last year
I had about 4,800 QSOs single-op. This year we had
about 1,000 more QSOs multi-2. About 66% of our QSOs
were with North America.
We had a few small problems - several hours without Internet,
intermittent computer linkage, a bad power supply cable,
a half-dead receiver, and the dog chewed up the coax to the
Windom. None of this kept us from operating.
One nice thing about running 100 watts is inter-station
interference isn't a big problem. A couple ICE filters took
care of most of it.
Congrats to K4JA and N3RS who whomped us in zone 5 M/2.
Thanks to everyone who spotted us and made us the #12 most
spotted station.
And special thanks to Ed, VP9GE.
Paul, K1XM
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