I have to disagree that CQ-Contest is not the proper place to discuss
antenna systems used for contesting. Not everyone wishes to subscribe
to towertalk, for any number of reasons. My understanding is that
CQ-Contest is an appropriate place for any contest related discussion,
including antenna systems. This is not meant to be disrespectful to K7LXC
or anyone involved with the towertalk reflector. I just don't want to
see all talk of contest-related antenna systems move off of the CQ-Contest
reflector. Thanks for listening.
-Kirk K4RO K4RO@music-city.tdec.state.tn.us
>From km9p@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P & K4AAA) Sun Nov 10 23:15:31 1996
From: km9p@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P & K4AAA) (Bill Fisher, KM9P &
K4AAA)
Subject: More 4-square notes
Message-ID: <199611102315.SAA13515@paris.akorn.net>
Just a follow up on previous messages regarding the 4-square I built...
1. When I cut my RG11 coax, I cut to length using an SWR anaylyzer for the
proper length. It was several feed different from the suggested length in
the manual that came with the 4-square box. I would suggest not just
cutting it to a calculated length.
2. It is suggested that you tune the verticals for 10% below the desired
frequency of operation due to mutual coupling. In my case it didn't seem to
be anywhere near 10%. More like 50KC on 80M. So I tuned mine for 3475Khz
and 3775Khz. The low dump power point in both cases is 50KC higher.
3. I originally tuned mine for 3650Khz with the idea that I would live with
whatever dumped power there was on each mode. After the first weekends
evaluation I felt like I was loud on CW but not so loud on SSB. I also
didn't see as much F/B on SSB. The next weekend I tuned the array for SSB
and the only test was the contest. It worked FB.
This weekend I decided rather than simply adding length to each vertical to
move it to cw, that I would add a coil on the bottom of each vertical and
short across it when operating SSB. I wound the coil on a piece of plastic
pipe (about 5" in diameter). It only took a 5 or 6 turns to bring it from
3800Khz to 3525Khz. It also means that my verticals are truely vertical.
If I added length to each vertical wire, my supports were not tall enough to
keep the verticals vertical. They would slope in slightly. I figured
keeping the system vertical was more important than a whatever small loss
that would be seen in the coil. I hope I'm right. (any comments?)
4. K8CC told me that K3LR had problems with his 160m array detuning his 80M
4-square. I have a 160M sloping vertical about 30' away from one of the
legs of the 4-square. I have not seen any difference in dumped power
between any of the positions and the F/B seems to be consistant in all
directions. I'm assuming it's not screwing the 4-square. At any rate, it's
the only 160M antenna I have and it's staying up.
Hope this helps someone.
73
Bill
Bill Fisher, KM9P & K4AAA
http://www.contesting.com
>From goofy@hk.net (Tom Ewing) Sun Nov 10 23:21:31 1996
From: goofy@hk.net (Tom Ewing) (Tom Ewing)
Subject: New Vanity Reflector
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961111071419.5135D-100000@hk.net>
On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, Dale Martin wrote:
> A lot of the 'vanity' traffic seems to be espousing a vanity reflector or
> that the subject matter just not be discussed on this reflector.
>
> May I offer a suggestion:
>
> For those who have no interest in the vanity comments, simply
> delete them before you read them. I don't know about your message
> software, but mine gives me a nice couple of columns of information,
> one of which is the subject line. I can CTL-mouse click on each one
> and bulk delete them before I even read them. No problem.
That's not the point...this is a contest reflector get it? CONTEST
C-O-N-T-E-S-T.
>
> Another alternative is to simply unsubscribe for a month or so until
> this all becomes old news and interest has veered onto another track.
I don't think so....whay should I run off for a month, when the vanity
crap should never be posted here from day one?
>
> Vanity program commenters: Include the word vanity in your subject
> line to factilitate the less-than-interested parties deletion of your notes
> quickly and efficiently.
Vanity programmers......take it elsewhere....it does not belong here.
>
> Personally, I find the subject and comments somewhat interesting,
> however, I do delete a lot of them after reading only the first couple of
> lines.
Personally, I find your suggestions groundless.
>
> >From a contest point of view, I look forward to NAQP or Sprint
> to see what effects the new calls have...It will be very interesting to
> compare the past and current scores of the new call holders, don't ya
> think?
>
> Soon it will all die down....and contest subjects...REAL contest subjects
> will prevail
>
In light of your comments and suggestions, I highly doubt it.
Tom Ewing
VR2GO
>From k5zd@ultranet.com (Randy Thompson) Sun Nov 10 23:31:30 1996
From: k5zd@ultranet.com (Randy Thompson) (Randy Thompson)
Subject: K5ZD CQWW Phone Story (really long)
Message-ID: <01BBCF35.8462BBA0@k5zd.ultranet.com>
Sorry to interrupt, but how about something that goes back to why we =
started subscribing to this reflector in the first place...
The Summary Sheet:
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1996
Call: K5ZD Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator
High Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 46 97 2.11 11 29 1/4-wave GP, Inv vee @ =
90'
80 237 647 2.73 16 74 Inv vee @ 95', =
1-/4-wave GP
40 312 893 2.86 27 86 40-2CD @ 110'
20 994 2908 2.93 34 125 Stacked 205CA @ =
100'/50'
15 728 2146 2.95 27 110 5-el 15 @ 70'
10 74 210 2.84 9 27 TH7DXX @ 90'
---------------------------------------------------
Totals 2391 6901 2.89 124 451 =3D> 3,968,075
The Story:
Sometimes it is far better to be lucky than good...
I had a number of very good reasons to operate this contest:
1. It is one of my favorite contests, has fantastic world wide activity, =
and signals the beginning of the fall contest season.
2. I had done a lot of work on the station over the summer with this =
contest in mind. I raised my 70' tower to 90'. Added an Inv vee for =
160 to help with the Caribbean (it didn't). I worked on the audio =
switching inside the station to simplify going between radios. Rebuilt =
my TH7DXX to like new condition. Got some bandpass filters for the =
second station.
3. My nemesis, K1AR, had a business commitment that would prevent him =
from operating the contest. Wow! After 3 years of finishing second to =
John, here was my chance to win.
4. I had done a lot of work rebuilding K1IU (now K1AM) this summer and =
had all of his antennas working. I even put him together with W2SC who =
was looking for a station to single op from. Now we were finally going =
to find out which station was "better".
I had some pretty good reasons not to operate this contest:
1. I am involved in a start-up software company that is demanding =
virtually every waking moment of my time. It is exciting, but leaves me =
exhausted at the end of each day.
2. My former employer threatens me with a lawsuit. Needless to say, =
this consumes a lot of mental energy!
3. My 6 year old son had several competing activities for the weekend =
including cub scouts and the final soccer game of the year (I am =
assistant coach).
4. It is the bottom of the sunspot cycle and this would be one of the =
better years to skip!
Those of you who are used to reading my annual contest stories know that =
I always seem to find a way around these distractions. But this year, =
the reasons not to operate were winning.
Tuesday night before the contest, I turn on the radio and the bands =
sound broken. Even the C6A station on 160 seems to have auroral =
flutter! The next morning before work, I listen across the bands and =
there is not a signal moving the S-meter at 12Z. This is about as bad =
as conditions can get.
They improve a little bit on Thursday, but it still doesn't sound very =
good. Given the external pressures in my life, I decide that I will =
prepare to do the contest, but will probably not do the whole thing. I =
want to save myself for SS CW and WW CW.
I get home about 5PM Friday night and take a nap until 7:00. The =
contest starts at 8PM. I sit down, mark all the amp settings, and =
listen to how poor things sound. I start on 20m S&P for the first 5 =
minutes. Work CY0XX who is 40db over 9 plus some Caribbean. Go to 40m =
and it sounds OK. I settle in with the main radio on 40 and the second =
station on 20 beaming south.
I am able to CQ transmitting on 7189 and listening on 7088. Get a short =
run of about 10 Europeans. It is murder listening through all the QRM. =
Best catch is RA4AG for a sometimes difficult double mult. 40m kind of =
dies to Europe around 0130Z and then things really slow down.
When I get to 75m, ON4UN is only about S4. We work and I know it is =
going to be a long night if John is that weak.
Usually when conditions are poor, I can always count on spending some =
time on 160m picking up new multipliers. This year, 160 was very =
marginal. Except for IG9/IV3TAN. What a signal he had, both nights, =
all the time. It was amazing to hear him CQing S7 to S9, and yet not =
another European signal on the band. My only Europeans on 160 the first =
night were YU1ZZ and CU2AF. Called 9A800OS many times without success.
This left 75m as the only place to hang out. I settled in around 3820 =
calling CQ and listening down around 3648. The rate was slow but =
steady. I would CQ for 10 or 15 minutes, then go to another band for =
S&P. Kept the second rig on 20 all night picking up each new LU station =
as they showed up. Had a good run of Europeans on 75m from 0330Z to =
0530Z. Managed to work some good multipliers that called me -- UA2FJ, =
RA4CC, ES7RE, LY1DQ, OH3RB, HB0/DL6FDB, IT9THD, SL3ZV, UT4UZ, and =
GU3HFN. This is why calling CQ is so important on the low bands. Had =
an even better run on 75m during the 06Z hour. The next morning on 15m, =
OH1EH tells me that only a few US stations were coming through - me, =
KC1XX, W1FJ. Wow. Those guys have lots better antennas than my =
inverted vee!
Meant to go to bed at 07Z but kept finding just one more QSO. Then =
decided 08Z but kept finding more QSOs. Worked JF1IST and JA1YXP on =
40m. Finally at 0845Z, it slowed to the point that I decided to get =
some sleep. This is the point that I "quit" the contest as I would =
normally never sleep during the first night.
Got back on at 1030Z (90 minutes of sleep). Surprised to find 20m open =
so I did a couple of quick sweeps across the band. It must not have =
been runnable because I went to 40m at 11Z and caught some good =
multipliers -- UA0JQ was the best.
Back to 20m at 1110Z and sat down on 14157. Stayed here for an hour of =
113 QSOs. Started checking 15m with the second radio about 12Z. Worked =
some Caribbean stations and then noticed that the Europeans appeared to =
be coming in direct path. Tried to run on 15m for 15 minutes but not =
very good rate. Went back and amazingly recaptured 14156! Ran there =
for another 30+ minutes.
Finally 15m warmed up enough to do something. At 1252Z I settled on =
21238 and had 100+ rate for an hour and then did more S&P. I don't know =
if I was not loud or if there was low activity, but I just wasn't able =
to command a frequency.
Some time later, it was really depressing when I chatted with K1DG at =
KC1XX and he was 200 QSOs ahead of me for the morning and said N6BV had =
a 200+ hour. Wow... We were talking up on 21392 which was the first =
clear spot I had been able to find. It was good to me as 9H1DE and =
W4WET/TF7 were two new mults that called in.
About 1440Z I was starting to lose interest in the contest. Its amazing =
how the drive to continue goes away once you think you are out of it. I =
stopped for a moment to talk with W2SC at K1IU. I told him I was going =
to quit and wanted to know his line score so I could see how I was =
doing. I don't think he really wanted to trade numbers and asked if I =
was sure I was quitting. He told me he was at 438K. I made a surprised =
comment and told him I was looking at 800K+ on my screen. I think this =
mentally destroyed Tom for the next few hours (sorry OM). It also made =
me give some thought to continuing...
I scanned 15m one more time and then went to 20m at 1450Z. Wedged my =
way in on 14196 and had a pretty good run of Europeans. The rate meter =
was well over 100 when my wife came in to ask me about something at =
1509Z. I had 900 QSOs exactly.
I left the radio and helped her with a project. Then I had some =
breakfast and fell asleep on the couch. After another 90 minute sleep =
break, it was time to get my son ready for the soccer game. While he =
was getting dressed, I sneaked into the shack and did a little high =
speed S&P. From 1757Z to 1820Z (23 minutes) I worked 55 stations and 13 =
multipliers. Most of them were on a virgin 10m band. If I had a dollar =
for every LU that commented on my signal during this period I could =
afford to buy some more antennas!
I took Andrew to the soccer game (another loss). The weather outside =
was fantastic. A perfect sunny, crisp fall New England day.
Got back on the air around 2005Z and tuned across 10 and 15m chasing =
QSOs. Finally got to 20m and started to run on 14176 about 2039Z. Had =
a good hour or more and then discovered JAs were coming in. Kept moving =
the beam between Eu and JA.
About this time I got into a rather juvenile frequency fight with K7RI. =
I had heard him come on the frequency so I knew I was there first. But =
he was working JA and I was beaming Europe so we coexisted for awhile. =
Once I started trying to work JA, he moved down exactly on top of me and =
we traded senseless CQing for awhile. Then we yelled at each other and =
finally I "won". This is the kind of stupid thing I would never waste =
time doing if I was serious. As it turned out, I felt rather silly and =
embarrassed when it was over. I definitely owe him an apology!
I got to 40m about 2300Z. The band was rocking and rolling with 40 over =
S9 signals from one end to the other. It was obvious that I was a =
little late. I started CQing on 7182 QSX 7057. Had a nice string of 65 =
QSOs. Best multiplier was 9K/YO9HP for a double! It definitely seems =
that split frequency on 40m phone is getting more productive each year. =
Less broadcast station QRM or better radios?
At 2330Z it was dinner time. Had a wonderful spaghetti dinner with my =
wife and son. This must be how "normal" people ENJOY contests. There =
is a lot less pressure when you can just walk away at any time.
I came back at 0015Z and started CQing on 7193 QSX 7093. I ran another =
36 stations with the best being OX3SA for a very rare double mult. =
Things slowed down around 0100Z and it became a game of search and =
pounce. 160m and 75m conditions were better the second night but the =
activity was not (or I had already worked most of the loud stations). =
Kept checking 160 but not much was happening. Worked M6T, EA8AK, CT3FN =
and ZD8Z among others.
I compared scores with KM9P about 05Z or so. We had exactly the same =
QSO total but he was over 50 multipliers ahead. I figured it was up to =
him or N6BV to win.
I made only 4 contacts between 0500Z and 0534Z and decided that I had =
enough. Went to sleep and set the alarm for 1045Z. Didn't actually hear =
it and wake up until after 11Z. Getting 5 hours of sleep on Saturday =
night in a DX contest really gave me a new view of Sunday!
I woke up with the goal of seeing if I could make the top ten and get in =
the band breakdown box. Comparing to previous year's rate sheets I =
could see that I was in good shape on the LF bands, but needed lots of =
QSOs and mults on 15 and 20. I dug out the results in CQ Magazine for =
the past two years to see if I could guess what it would take to make =
the top ten. It looked like 2.5M would be enough.
Took me 15 minutes to find a frequency on 20m and started to run about =
1127Z. It was OK, but the band had a funny sound to it. Almost like it =
does at the top of the cycle when the MUF has risen way above the band. =
Signals were hollow sounding and some of the deep Asians were pretty =
loud.
Turned on the second rig and checked 15m. The band was already wide =
open with excellent European signals. First signal I heard was S01M at =
1143Z for a new multiplier. Immediately switched the main radio to 15m =
and started searching for a frequency to call CQ. Took 5 minutes to =
land on 21287.
Thus began the best hour of rate I have ever had in a DX contest from =
the USA. I worked 310 QSOs in the next 106 minutes. QRATE calculated =
the best hour at 203! Interestingly, it was the 'perfect' kind of high =
rate -- usually only one or two stations calling at a time with very few =
repeats. Opening the morning with this kind of rate really got me =
going.
Strangely, the next 2 hours were not very good. It was almost like the =
band took a dive or the arrival angle passed out of the hot spot of my =
antenna. I even went back to 20m to CQ for awhile it was so bad. =
Started running again on 21248 about 1430Z. Best call was from VU2PAI =
for a double mult. The "low" rate gave me a chance to chase Africans on =
10m. This really started to help the multiplier total. Called stations =
almost all of the 15Z hour.
Finally settled into 14198 around 16Z and started the run that would =
eventually decide the contest. Four solid hours in a row (1602Z until =
2002Z) on the same frequency produced plenty of QSOs AND mults. Plus it =
gave me a base of operations I could do the second radio stuff from. =
Some of the interesting things that CALLED ME included: HS0ZAA, VU2PAI, =
HS1BV, UK8IW, some JAs and UA9s, UN0G, VU2HDA, HL1CW, VU2MTT, EA6JN, =
4S7RF, A45ZN, 4S7OF, some 4X4s, ZC4EE, T88T, 8Q7BT, W4WET/TF7, OD5NJ, =
CT3HG, GD4PTV, GM0ILB/Shetlands, 9J2BO, and UK0A.
I keep talking about this second radio stuff. What's it really worth? =
Well, during the same 4 hour period when I was running on 20 and had 367 =
QSOs plus all those great multipliers call in, here are some of the =
mults I worked on 10m and 15m using the second rig: HC0E, 3DA0DX, V51GB, =
8R1K, V59T, AH8A, 9J2SZ, 5C8MC, D44BS, VP9ID, 9L1MA, KP2BH, and ZD7SAS. =
This is all without ever transmitting on two bands at the same time! It =
is amazing how easy it can be to find pileups and opportunities to call =
stations even with rates over 1/minute on the CQing frequency. All made =
possible by our friend the DVP!
I went back and counted up my second radio QSOs for the contest. I had =
only 128 of them. 25 were new zones. An amazing 63 were for new =
country multipliers! As you can see, I don't waste much effort on =
working contacts on the second rig but I do make a big effort to chase =
multipliers.
My wife came home from the store at 2002Z so I had to take a break to =
unload groceries from the car and eat lunch. Back on about 2040Z until =
the end of the contest. Did some more S&P for awhile chasing =
multipliers then back to CQing on 20. Got 14172 about 2123Z and had =
some more good rate and mults. Called by 3A2HB and then the shock of =
the weekend -- SU1ER! Too bad I didn't have all those other zones you =
need for WAZ.
Got down to 40m about 2230Z and it was even better than the night =
before. The band was packed! When searching for a listening frequency =
I was surprised to hear the big USA multi-multi stations listening on =
frequencies like 7012, 7014, and 7020. I had always tried to stay above =
7040 if possible (and certainly above 7030 at the lowest). I listened =
down and they were getting plenty of answers.
Worked OD5NJ while looking for a spot. I found a transmit frequency =
just off of K3LR at 7182 and started listening on 7014. It sure is =
easier to run stations when they are in the clear rather than under some =
loud Italian or Slovenian! Called by JY9QJ and EW4MM for new =
multipliers. Had to give up on 7014 when V59T started calling CQ there! =
Decided to listen up at 7075 to capture some of the guys who were =
obeying the band plan and was rewarded with GI4VKS and LX1NO for new =
ones.
Things really slowed down in the last half hour. Even tried CQing for =
VEs on 75m with no luck. Finally decided to try 160 at the end. Heard =
9A800OS the loudest he had been all weekend and managed to get his =
attention for a new multiplier at 2357. Two kHz down was TK1A for =
another new one at 2359Z. Great way to end up!
Went to 3830 to listen to the scores. Heard K3ZO check in with 3.0M and =
was a bit surprised to be ahead of him. As the multi-single scores came =
in, I started to get excited. Then N6BV was below me. When KM9P =
checked in with 3.6M I was really thrilled because it meant I may have =
gotten lucky! Is there anyone with a bigger score hiding out there? =
Guess it will have to wait for the high claimed scores to come out.
According to CT, I operated 34.1 hours. This is just about right as a I =
had set the off threshold to 20 minutes. I was pretty serious when I =
was on the air, so all I really gave up were the sleep periods and short =
breaks. The 4 hours off on Saturday afternoon may have been worth as =
much as 200-400K on the final score. On the other hand, if I had not =
taken the breaks I may have made more mistakes and even finished worse!
In an ironic twist, I can say that if K1AR was going to be on, I =
probably would have skipped the contest completely. They had a major =
power failure at K1EA's station for a number of hours on Sunday, so =
there is no guarantee that John would have overcome that. But if he had =
been on, I wouldn't have been there, so... If you want to win, you have =
to operate the best you can as much as you can. There are no sure =
things!
Some general comments...
Bad conditions in the days leading up to and during the contest really =
seemed to have hurt activity. Especially on the second day. It was =
obvious from the big pile-ups that the serious multi-ops were on, but =
not the casual entries.
The packet pile-ups were as instantaneous as ever. Very frustrating to =
get there first and then not make a QSO as a pile of packet assisted ops =
show up. The packet piles weren't as deep as past years so it was easy =
to come back in 10 minutes or so and make a QSO.
My pet peeve regarding packet is what it has done to split frequency on =
80 and especially 40m. I listened to ZD8Z on 40m for 8 minutes (all =
while vainly searching for his listening frequency) without him =
announcing it. Just as I found it, he gave it out. When we worked, I =
told him about it and he replied that with the packet pileup he didn't =
need to give it. That's great for Jim, but a pain in the butt for those =
of us doing it the old fashioned way! I don't mind waiting a bit but 8 =
minutes seems a little long.
I did not hear a single station going by call areas all weekend. =
Overall, the operating that I observed was excellent. Not many lids on =
either side of the pileups.
It was also amazing after the contest to read the reports by various DX =
stations that made thousands of QSOs, yet I had never heard them all =
weekend! This contest is just getting too big.
See you in WW CW!
Randy Thompson, K5ZD
k5zd@contesting.com
=20
=20
The Numbers:
Continental Breakdown
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 33 57 33 62 32 10 227 9.5
South America 4 21 30 63 66 57 241 10.1
Europe 5 152 223 740 592 0 1712 71.6
Asia 0 0 6 102 15 0 123 5.1
Africa 4 8 13 11 20 7 63 2.6
Oceania 0 0 7 16 3 0 26 1.1
Hourly Rate
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM =
TOT =20
0 ..... 2/2 45/26 17/14 ..... ..... 64/42 =
64/42=20
1 2/1 14/12 20/13 14/5 . . 50/31 =
114/73=20
2 5/4 8/1 8/3 14/5 . . 35/13 =
149/86=20
3 . 29/19 9/5 4/2 . . 42/26 =
191/112
4 7/6 35/10 3/2 5/2 . . 50/20 =
241/132
5 4/3 34/7 5/2 3/1 . . 46/13 =
287/145
6 3/2 57/7 . 1/1 . . 61/10 =
348/155
7 5/4 15/8 14/5 . . . 34/17 =
382/172
8 1/1 1/1 15/7 1/1 ..... ..... 18/10 =
400/182
9 . . . . . . . =
400/182
10 . 1/0 . 29/14 . . 30/14 =
430/196
11 . . 6/4 105/21 6/6 . 117/31 =
547/227
12 . . . 72/5 41/22 . 113/27 =
660/254
13 . . . 6/2 127/17 . 133/19 =
793/273
14 . . . 26/3 55/10 . 81/13 =
874/286
15 . . . 26/1 . . 26/1 =
900/287
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... =
900/287
17 . . . 6/1 . . 6/1 =
906/288
18 . . . 12/1 . 37/11 49/12 =
955/300
19 . . . . . . . =
955/300
20 . . . 34/7 43/15 9/0 86/22 =
1041/322
21 . . . 62/3 5/3 . 67/6 =
1108/328
22 . . 1/1 45/7 1/0 . 47/8 =
1155/336
23 . . 60/7 . . . 60/7 =
1215/343
0 ..... ..... 39/3 ..... ..... ..... 39/3 =
1254/346
1 1/0 5/3 1/1 . . . 7/4 =
1261/350
2 5/3 11/2 6/1 . . . 22/6 =
1283/356
3 3/2 8/2 10/1 . . . 21/5 =
1304/361
4 6/1 13/3 2/0 . . . 21/4 =
1325/365
5 2/2 2/0 . . . . 4/2 =
1329/367
6 . . . . . . . =
1329/367
7 . . . . . . . =
1329/367
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... =
1329/367
9 . . . . . . . =
1329/367
10 . . . . . . . =
1329/367
11 . 1/0 2/1 33/1 52/3 . 88/5 =
1417/372
12 . . . . 203/7 . 203/7 =
1620/379
13 . . . 14/0 77/6 1/1 92/7 =
1712/386
14 . . . 25/3 44/3 3/3 72/9 =
1784/395
15 . . . . 29/5 12/11 41/16 =
1825/411
16 ..... ..... ..... 78/6 ..... 5/1 83/7 =
1908/418
17 . . . 91/6 8/5 2/0 101/11 =
2009/429
18 . . . 89/3 9/6 . 98/9 =
2107/438
19 . . . 109/5 2/0 5/0 116/5 =
2223/443
20 . . . 4/1 20/1 . 24/2 =
2247/445
21 . . . 55/6 4/1 . 59/7 =
2306/452
22 . . 24/2 11/1 2/2 . 37/5 =
2343/457
23 2/2 1/0 42/4 3/1 . . 48/7 =
2391/464
DAY1 27/21 196/67 186/75 482/96 278/73 46/11 ..... =
1215/343
DAY2 19/10 41/10 126/13 512/33 450/39 28/16 . =
1176/121
TOT 46/31 237/77 312/88 994/129 728/112 74/27 . =
2391/464
BREAKDOWN in Hours/QSO's per hr
DAY1 1.3/21 3.6/55 3.6/52 5.7/84 2.8/101 0.4/121 ..... =
17.3/70=20
DAY2 1.4/13 1.5/28 3.2/39 6.2/83 3.9/114 0.6/46 . =
16.9/70=20
TOT 2.7/17 5.0/47 6.8/46 11.9/84 6.7/109 1.0/74 . =
34.1/70=20
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Amateur Radio Call Sign: K5ZD
E-mail: k5zd@ultranet.com
11 Hollis Street, Uxbridge, MA 01569
h (508) 278-2355 w (508) 337-6600
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