CQ 160 METER CONTEST -- 1998
Call: F6BEE Country: France
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator
High Power / Unassisted
QSO QSO PTS STATES COUNTRIES
Totals 538 3376 35 57 = 310,592
Time on : 11.8 hours
All reports sent were 599 F.
Equipment Description:
TS950SD / ALPHA 91b 24 m shunt fed tower
525' beverage to US, 400' beverage to Asia
Club Affiliation: French Contest Club
Continental breakdown
North America CW 126 23.2
South America CW 0 0.0
Europe CW 398 73.4
Asia CW 14 2.6
Africa CW 4 0.7
Oceania CW 0 0.0
Sopabox comments:
Called a deaf J45T along with many europeans; also heard 9K2MU who
had a better copy on Northern Eu. No way to be heard in NM and LA
and also missed a VE2 calling other Europeans. Thanks to EA9EU and
7X2RO for calling me in one of the few productive runs I had.
I finally found that the main problem of my station was the big mass
located between the operating chair and radio! As I hardly sleep during
the day, I went to bed from 2100 to 0200z on saturday night. I suspect
I missed some good stuff! One more thing to fix here, if possible.
A post contest check on my cluster node confirmed my impression that very
few exotic DX stations were on.
CU in next the contest, as soon as the WX will come nicer to allow antenna
fixes, the New Year's wind storm having played with the 40 m beam reflector.
Note: Two CW contests were simultaneously operated from my station this WE
as F5MZN/P was single-oping in the REF contest; it was worth the trip to the
frozen Normandy.
73 de Jacques, F6BEE (sometimes TM2Y)
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