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[3830] CQWW CW N4TZ/9 SOAB LP

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Subject: [3830] CQWW CW N4TZ/9 SOAB LP
From: webform@b4h.net
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:51:44 +0000
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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2021

Call: N4TZ/9
Operator(s): N4TZ
Station: N4TZ

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 40
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   75    14       36
   80:  172    18       61
   40:  364    23       77
   20:  387    26       87
   15:  336    26       85
   10:   60    18       32
------------------------------
Total: 1394   125      378  Total Score = 1,981,820

Club: Society of Midwest Contesters

Comments:

OPERATING TIME: 39:52:49
            CQ COUNTER: 1430
            RUN/SEARCH: 400/994 Qs
      UNIQUE CALLSIGNS: 928

              SOFTWARE: TR4W v.4.100.1 http://www.tr4w.net

  BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points Countries     Zones
 __________________________________________________________
 160CW        75           75      181        36        14
  80CW       172          172      484        61        18
  40CW       364          364     1038        77        23
  20CW       387          387     1107        87        26
  15CW       336          336      968        85        26
  10CW        60           60      162        32        18
 __________________________________________________________

 Total      1394         1394     3940       378       125

    Final Score = 1981820 points.


                              2021 CQ-WW-CW N4TZ
                                 Continent List

                    160    80    40    20    15    10   ALL
                    ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---
      USA calls =     2     1     5     4     1     2    15
   Canada calls =    23    17    27    21    10     1    99
       NA calls =    15    12    12    21    27    11    98
       SA calls =     5     6     7    11    28    21    78
     Euro calls =    27   121   283   292   242    13   978
  African calls =     2     6     9    10    10     8    45
    Asian calls =     0     2     5     4     3     0    14
    Japan calls =     0     4     7    21     6     0    38
    Ocean calls =     1     3     9     3     9     4    29


    Total calls =    75   172   364   387   336    60  1394



My wife asked what I wanted for my birthday, which occurred 
during the CQWW CW weekend. I replied, "I REALLY want to win."
She asked what I needed, so I told her that my YCCC receiving
array was not working and I had no luck in troubleshooting it.
So, she bought me a Hi-Z 8 element system. I started installing
it on Monday and finished on Wednesday, giving me a couple
of nights to see that it worked properly. Everything was
new, except the aluminum elements and the cables to the house.
Seemed good to go.

Although conditions didn't seem great the first night, I
certainly heard much better than before. There were a number
of multipliers I heard that I could not work. However, the
second night the antenna became very intermittent. One 
moment 3B8M was booming in on 160, the next several minutes
I heard nothing while I frantically turned knobs and flicked
switches. This on-and-off-again behavior continued for the
rest of the contest.

I had replaced all of the coax from the phasing unit to the
antennas, as there were critter teethmarks on some of them.
(They all had good swr from 1 to 50 MHz, tho.) A lot of
help from Lee, K7TJR, helped me narrow down the problem
to finite resistances between the control lines; apparently
the relays were sometimes switched on and sometimes off.

I will be replacing that run of sprinkler cable later in
the week.

I was hoping for more action on 10 meters, like 4 weeks
previously for the SSB weekend, but no joy despite a lot
of monitoring of the band.


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