CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST --- 1997
Call: K2LE Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Multi Multi
BAND QSO PTS ZONES COUNTRIES
160 77 136 12 38
80 397 987 21 81
40 1410 4047 34 118
20 1718 4975 37 128
15 1059 3061 29 113
10 223 612 28 86
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Totals 4884 13818 161 564 ==> 10,018,050
Operator List: K2LE, W2AX, K2SX, N1BB, K1CB, W2LK
Equipment Description:
BANDS RIG ANTENNAS
Stn #1 160 TS-950 + ARD230 Elevated Vertical
10 6 el @ 95',
#2 80 TS-940 + Aplha 87A 1 1/2 el beam @ 105' (see
below)
15 5 el. @ 115'
#3 20 FT-1000 + Ten-Tec 425 4/4 @ 90/65' 3 el @ 75'
#4 40 FT-1000MP + Alpha 87A 3 el @ 96', 3 el @ 75'
10 8 el @ 102', 6 el @ 60'
Club Affiliation: YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB
Comments:
Murphy found us! On the night before Thanksgiving, a major storm passed
thru
Southern Vermont. It destroyed our one and only Beverage; took down half of the
reflector of the 80 meter beam ( hence the 1-1/2 ele. description), and one of
the 40
meter beams. With more than a foot of snow on the ground, freezing rain falling
most of
the time, late arrival of the crew made repair attempts futile. Plus, some key
operators
cancelled because of health reasons, so we were shorthanded at times. So much
for the
excuses.
Conditions were better than expected. Some weird LP openings on ten
were a
bonus ( VS6 and YB both mornings ) was complemented by some great JA runs on 20
and 15.
With the aid of our new antennas, we were able to run Europe on 40 from about
1930Z for
over nine hours. Too bad, 20% calling in were dupes! On 20 meters, an
unexpected short
but solid SP opening in the middle of the night around 0800Z produced BV, BY,
UA0Y for
Zone 23.
We finally broke the 10M score barrier for the first time - a 40%
implovement
over last year's 7.1 Mil. Nothing compared to the big guns, but must be a new
regional
record for southern Vermont...Tnx to all participants...It was a LOT of
fun..Wait till
next year!
73
Andy K2LE
All in all
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