ARRL DX SUMMARY SHEET Contest Dates : 21-23-Feb-98
Callsign Used : K4RO Operator : K4RO Category : SO Low Power
(Un-assisted)
Default Exchange : 5NN TN
Team/Club : Tennessee Contest Group
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries IC-765/IC-761
______________________________________________________ TR-Log 6.21
160CW 28 28 84 23 1/4 wl GP @ 10'
80CW 95 91 273 47 half sloper @ 70'
40CW 115 109 327 47 1/4 wl GP @ 10'
20CW 400 394 1164 81 PRO-57A @ 100'
15CW 384 377 1131 77 "
10CW 45 45 135 24 "
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Totals 1067 1044 3114 299
Final Score = 931,086 points.
Soapbox Comments
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Operated about 34 hours. The WX was so beautiful Saturday that
I just had to take a little time out to enjoy some of it. Need
to learn how to spend more time in front of the radio in these DX
marathons. Cold grey WX outside helps.
Congrats to Wo4o posing a challenge, and for making a FB score.
Looks like KN4T continues to reign the Southeast LP category from
Florida. Looks like my "negative gain" Mosley antenna still plays
fairly well. I'll be dangerous if I turn that into positive gain. :-)
Could not get any good runs going except during prime hours to EU.
It was wierd. I could bust most pileups on 1st call, but could not
generate answers to CQs. That's the difference from here between
100W and 500W. So it was mostly a S&P game, and run 'em whenever
possible. I felt that after the 160 "CQ" marathon, this LP contest
really sharpened up my S&P skills. It was a refreshing change.
Fifteen meters was really happening, and was especially hot on
Sunday. The contest ended here in middle TN with JA's just POUNDING
in on 15 meters. Still, my CQ's generally went unanswered. Again,
that seems to be the main difference between LP and HP.
The low bands were in great shape Friday night, yet were unusable on
Saturday night becuase of QRM. I should have spent more time on 40m
on Friday night, but 80m sounded too good to leave. I felt loud on
the low bands, even with simple antennas and 100 watts.
Murphy generally stayed away; and I had a great time S&Ping all the
DX stations, and running 'em when I could. Last year I had the flu;
this year was a great time! Hope to see you next year, and thanks
for the QSOs.
-Kirk K4RO
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