ARRL VHF QSO SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 13-Jun-98, 14-Jun-98, 15-Jun-98
Callsign Used : W5KFT
Operators : W5KFT, N5RZ, K5TR
ARRL Section : South Texas (STX)
Grid : EM00st
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Mults
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6 1432 1363 245
2 209 207 66
222 31 31 15
432 73 72 29
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Totals 1746 1673 355
Final Score = 630480 points.
I just don't know what to say - it was a wonderful contest
from EM00st this weekend. The E-skip was very good, except
to the west. The E-skip, tropo and station improvements
sure made this contest a blast. In 1996 we has 1161 qsos
on 6 meters. Before contest I was telling people that
with all the new stations on 6 meters that if we ever
got an opening as good as the one in 1996 someone could
make 1500 qsos. I do not think the opening overall was
as good as it was in 1996 since our grid total on 6m was
down but I will say that given the amount of activity
if we ever get a big opening - like the one in 1987 you
might see 6m qso totals in the 2000 range. The highlight
for me was getting called by CT3FT on sunday afternoon.
On the high bands we did some of the work to make the station work
a bit better (more planned this year) by adding some new
antennas and a 2m KW - it was a good thing we did this as
the tropo made these bands a lot of fun during the weekend.
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The station. http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/ (go to the W5KFT link)
6 meters:
Icom IC-736, Henry 3006 (8877) - 1500 watts.
-Stack of Cushcraft 617-Boomers (34' booms) 38' and 18'(fixed NE)
-Cushcraft 5 element yagi (12' boom) at 140'
2 meters:
Icom IC-275H, W6PO RF Deck (8877) - 1500 watts.
-M2 2M18XXX at 60'
1 1/4 meters:
Yeasu FT-736R, 120 watt brick.
-M2 222M7WL at 40'
70cm:
Yeasu FT736R (same physical radio as 222), Arcos amp 600 watts.
-Hy-gain 7031 - 31 element yagi (24' boom) at 65'
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The top twenty most worked grids on 6 meters.
1. em79 46
2. en91 31
3. fn20 30
4. fm19 29
5. en82 26
6. en34 26
7. em73 23
8. en80 23
9. em95 22
10. en52 21
11. em89 21
12. fm18 21
13. em86 20
14. em75 20
15. em74 18
16. em84 18
17. fm08 18
18. em10 17
19. fm07 16
20. em85 16
The ratesheet - with the dupe QSOs removed.
HOUR 6 2 222 432 TOTAL ACCUM
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18 89 17 2 8 116 116
19 52 11 6 7 76 192
20 31 18 2 4 55 247
21 9 13 2 3 27 274
22 17 12 2 5 36 310
23 49 6 2 1 58 368
0 83 8 1 1 93 461
1 50 12 1 3 66 527
2 13 6 2 5 26 553
3 50 7 2 3 62 615
4 21 13 0 2 36 651
5 3 3 0 1 7 658
6 3 2 0 2 7 665
7 3 3 0 1 7 672
8 0 0 0 0 0 672
9 0 0 0 0 0 672
10 1 5 1 1 8 680
11 1 7 0 0 8 688
12 9 10 1 5 25 713
13 37 7 1 4 49 762
14 45 4 0 0 49 811
15 74 7 2 3 86 897
16 67 4 2 5 78 975
17 93 2 0 0 95 1070
18 101 1 0 1 103 1173
19 56 0 0 0 56 1229
20 56 1 0 1 58 1287
21 56 0 0 0 56 1343
22 80 17 0 0 97 1440
23 85 0 0 0 85 1525
0 43 4 0 1 48 1573
1 63 4 0 0 67 1640
2 23 3 2 5 33 1673
Thanks for all the QSOs.
Hope to see you all and more next time.
--
George Fremin III "I'm talkin' 'bout that outlaw X
Austin, Texas It's cuttin' through the air.... "
K5TR (ex.WB5VZL)
512/416-7010 -- "Heard it on the X"
geoiii@kkn.net -- ZZ Top
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
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