ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX SSB Contest March 6-7, 1999
Call: ZL1ANJ Country: New Zealand
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator/ All Band
High Power.
Hours on: 30 (CT says 22.5)
BAND QSO QSO PTS STATES/PROV
160 SSB 0 0 0
80 SSB 88 264 35 Dipole
40 SSB 175 525 46 Loop
20 SSB 727 2181 53 4 el TET triband
15 SSB 318 954 52 ditto
10 SSB 1167 3501 57 ditto
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Totals 2475 7425 243 = 1,804,275
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All reports sent were 59/300 unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
TS940, SB1000, 4 el triband, wires.
War stories
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I started on 10m, 40 minutes after 00z due to late arrival at
the contest site. When 10m closed at 0230 I tried hard for a run
on 15m- but had to quit and go down to 20m. Condx were great on
20m with hours of 178, 153 and 102 contacts. By 0730 20m was closed,
but I had antenna problems on 40m, so I took rest period. At 1000
I had replaced a bad connector on the 40m feedline, and managed 77
contacts in the hour. This was tough going- calling on 7.084 and
listening on 7.158. 80m proved to be impossible, with heavy static
from a local thunder storm.
The next local morning, 10m was dead, so I started on 15m at 2000z.
Conditions were poor, and I only worked some of the bigger contest
stations. Then 10m opened and was able to operate on 10m for the
next 5 hours. The best hours were 21z with 166 contacts, and 00z
with 125.
The 02z hour on 15m saw a run of 119. A brief run on 20m saw the
band close early at 0530z. Static had dropped on 80m, allowing
24 contacts at our local sunset.
Then it was over to 40m with 98 contacts during the next three hours.
QRM was very bad, so I operated at the bottom of the band,
listening up.
The next local morning saw both 10m and 15m open sfter sunrise,
but I operated on 15 for two hours to pull in some badly needed
multipliers.
The final three hours on the contest were on 10m with hours of
116, 124 and 142 contacts.
This year I was impressed by the friendly spirit and
cooperation of USA and Canadian stations. If the pileups grew too
severe, I would sometimes call for W1's only or VE only, and
everyone helped out.
Recent discussions on the Contest reflector made operators more
alert to the need for a complete exchange. Many helped out by
giving CT, MS, MO etc instead of ...(how do you spell those?).
The ARRL DX contest is great from the DX side. Once the
antenna is pointed to North America, it can stay there for
the next two days!
It is nice to find so many chasing the ZL multiplier on all
bands- and where else can we do WAS on the first day?
Thanks for all the fine contacts,
Martin ZL1ANJ
BREAKDOWN QSO/Hour ZL1ANJ Single Operator/AB/HP
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
0 . . . . . 68 68
1 . . . . . 158 158
2 . . . . 44 42 86
3 . . . 49 8 . 57
4 . . . 178 . . 178
5 . . . 153 . . 153
6 . . . 102 . . 102
7 . . . 24 . . 24
8 . . . . . . .
9 . . . 16 . . 16
10 . . 77 . . . 77
11 . . . . . . .
12 . . . . . . .
13 . . . . . . .
14 . 6 . . . . 6
15 . 2 . . . . 2
16 . . . . . . .
17 . . . . . . .
18 . . . . . 2 2
19 . . . 3 9 . 12
20 . . . . 16 53 69
21 . . . . . 166 166
22 . . . . . 88 88
23 . . . . 1 68 69
0 . . . . . 125 125
1 . . . . 40 17 57
2 . . . . 119 . 119
3 . . . 2 1 . 3
4 . . . 172 . . 172
5 . . . 28 . . 28
6 . 2 . . . . 2
7 . 22 13 . . . 35
8 . . 75 . . . 75
9 . . 10 . . . 10
10 . . . . . . .
11 . 10 . . . . 10
12 . 46 . . . . 46
13 . . . . . . .
14 . . . . . . .
15 . . . . . . .
16 . . . . 5 . 5
17 . . . . . . .
18 . . . . . . .
19 . . . . 15 . 15
20 . . . . 58 . 58
21 . . . . . 116 116
22 . . . . . 124 124
23 . . . . . 142 142
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Day 1 - 8 77 525 80 643 1333
Day 2 - 80 98 202 238 524 1142
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Total - 88 175 727 318 1167 2475
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