CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: P40L
Operator(s): KX7M, N6XI, W6LD
Station: P40L/P49Y
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 48.0
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 118 11 29
80: 762 25 85
40: 1698 35 124
20: 1251 40 132
15: 1803 32 118
10: 1241 29 97
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Total: 6873 172 585 Total Score = 15,434,473
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
This effort came together at the last minute as a multi-single. None of the us
had operated together before, so it was a pleasure to see how well we were able
to work together. I (W6LD) arrived on the island mid-day on Wednesday, Denny
(KX7M) on Thursday and Rick (N6XI) on Friday only about 6 hours before the
contest start. Nevertheless, with the benefit of Denny's high energy level and
enthusiasm, everything came together timely.
The station performed well. Our problems were limited to a bad feedlne
connection on the European beverage the first night, some intermittent RFI in
the keying lines and interstation interference that at times hampered the run
station rate (something that we might have been able to solve with a little more
time before the contest). Our apologies to those who were affected when the run
radio briefly went deaf or the keying line locked up.
Band conditions were generally good for this point in the sunspot cycle,
especially the first day. Openings on 80 the first night and 10 into Europe the
first morning were very good and, in retrospect, we should have spent more time
earlier on those bands in those periods taking advantage of them (and we had to
work hard to make up for it later). By contrast, 20 was a bit of a
disappointment, closing early each day.
15 and 10 were the high rate bands during the day and 40 and 80 were the high
rate bands during the night.
Rates shot up Saturday mid-morning when we started to turn our attention to the
U.S. on the high bands - seven straight hours of 200 plus QSOs on the run radio
ensued, peaking at 242. Both Rick and Denny succeeded in getting the rate meter
over 300 for sustained periods during these hours. Very exciting and a lot of
fun!
The Carribbean mults on the high bands were among the most difficult. It was
surprising how quickly some stations would pick up our weak fluttery signal
(8P5A and TO4A come to mind, for instance), while it took what seemed like
forever to get through to others.
All in all we had a great time. Thanks for all the contacts!
John, W6LD/P40L
Additional info:
Station set-up
Antennas:
C31XR tribander at 50 feet
4 element 10 meter yagi at 50 feet
4 element 15 meter yagi at 50 feet
4 element 20 meter yagi at 60 feet
2 element 40 meter yagi at 60 feet
80 meter inverted V at 60 feet
160 meter inverted V at 55 feet
450 foot beverages on US and Europe
Rigs:
FT1000D (2); FT990; Alpha 87A; Alpha 86; TRLog logging software
Continent Distribution
160 80 40 20 15 10 30 17 12 ALL
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USA calls = 74 444 797 696 1031 831 0 0 0 3873
VE calls = 7 39 60 53 68 50 0 0 0 277
N.A. calls = 17 28 28 26 22 20 0 0 0 141
S.A. calls = 6 10 15 20 38 22 0 0 0 111
Euro calls = 14 221 548 328 512 284 0 0 0 1907
Afrc calls = 0 5 15 20 19 16 0 0 0 75
Asia calls = 0 9 37 43 14 13 0 0 0 116
JA calls = 0 2 180 47 82 0 0 0 0 311
Ocen calls = 0 4 18 18 17 5 0 0 0 62
Total calls = 118 762 1698 1251 1803 1241 0 0 0 6873
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