CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: K1LT
Operator(s): K1LT
Station: K1LT
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: Ohio EM89ps
Operating Time (hrs): 26.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
------------------------------
160: 20 9 13
80: 51 12 41
40: 86 14 46
20: 198 31 89
15: 180 33 91
10: 664 35 111
------------------------------
Total: 1199 134 391 Total Score = 1,789,725
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
800 kHz of DX! 10 Meters Almost Used Up!
Those words might be the headlines if tabloid newspapers covered ham
radio.
I didn't intend to make this contest a full time effort, but the
availability of nice propagation and a working beam antenna made even
phone operation reasonably pleasant. So I wound up spending 25.5
hours contesting, which must be a record for me on phone.
I couldn't quite work 100 countries on one band in 24 hours. It took
39 hours because I started the contest on 10 meters but if I ignore
the first 3 countries worked in the first few minutes, then I worked
100 different countries on 1 band over a 26 hour period (much of which
was spent sleeping.
It was thrilling to work all 40 zones. Working a few stations on 6
bands is also fun (thanks PJ2T, DR1A, DF0HQ, and a few others).
Finally, even with the all the fun on the high bands I also enjoyed
working a new country on 160 meters. I hope C37N does LoTW.
Equipment: K3, ETO 91B (thanks K8ND for the eternal loan), 160: 65
foot "Tee" & 60 radials; 80: "cage" around the "Tee" plus antenna
tuner which needs returned for nearly every contact; 40: full sized
ground mounted vertical, 20-10: Cushcraft X7 up 62 feet; and 12
Beverages and a phased array.
PS: for a while I put the SE Beverage on the auxiliary input of the K3
second receiver while operating 10 meters. For a time, many US
stations were very loud on the Beverage while they were not so loud
but distinctly delayed (back-scatter?) on the beam pointed at Europe.
Count 2 more multipliers for TX5A who remains a mystery to WriteLog.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
______________________________________________
3830 mailing list
3830@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/3830
|