Here it is: The Big Soulp
QSO's: 158
Total Points: 17015
QSO PTS: 415
CAL Counties: 41
CAL QSO PARTY SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 04-Oct-97, 05-Oct-97
Callsign Used : N9YXA
Operator : N9YXA
Category : Single Op, Low Power
Default Exchange : QSO # IL
Name : Cedrick W. Johnson
Address : 502 Manor Place
City/State/Zip : Aurora, IL 60506-2134
Country : United States
Team/Club : Society Of Midwest Contesters (SMC)
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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40CW 28 28 84 8
40SSB 1 1 3 0
20CW 46 45 135 9
20SSB 55 55 111 23
15CW 24 24 72 0
15SSB 5 5 10 0
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Totals 158 158 415 40
Final Score = 17015 points.
Soapbox Comments:
Not much eventful this time, but we'll ramble here just for fun.
Started the contest, and I was stunned by the impressive band
conditions. Had a bad start on 20 CW, so decided to take a stab at 20
SSB. I was stumped at 20 SSB, because my DVK (not a W9XT card)
failed. So, I *accidentally* spent an hour banging my head wondering
why.. By then, it was time for my bowling tourney, so I pulled the
plug. 5PM I'm back in the op chair, and manage to make a few more
contacts on 20 CW. Again, the majority of the contacts that hour on
phone. I then had to QRT for Homecoming Dance 1997. Took an hour and
a half dressing for that... Didn't get back into the op. chair until
0900 UTC, where I was dead tired from dancing the nite away. Made a
few CW contacts on 40 for the first time. I went back to bed. Tired
as a skunk. Didn't wake up until 1200 UTC, where I made more CW
contacts than I did phone. The rest of the day went quite well. I
went from 47 Q's that morning to my end total of 158. I think that
this is pretty impressive considering my main 20-15M antenna was a
dipole no more than 3 ft. off the ground! More room for improvement
though.
Lessons Learned:
(1) Buy a W9XT Contest Card!
(2) Stock up on cough drops
(3) Ask the Homecoming date to operate 20 CW!
(4) Have a multiop so if you're tired, the others can take over. (5)
Get a better antenna! Propagation at times sucked to W6, but was
really nice to W4 (6) Have more patience with lids
Seriously, this contest was a pretty good show for this station. I'm
used to getting an avg. of 50 QSO's per contest from here. But,
during the past few months of operating from here, my average is now
around 125.. We're improving!
Thanks for a GREAT experience! This weekend was very special to me
and my H.C. date. 73's and C U in CQWW SSB!
GO SMC!
BEGIN RATESHEET>>>>>>>>>
N9YXA 1997 CAL QSO Ratesheet
HOUR 40CW 40SSB 20CW 20SSB 15CW 15SSB TOTAL ACCUM
---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
16 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4
17 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 9
18 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
21 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 13
22 0 0 3 17 0 0 20 33
23 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 40
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 44
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
9 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 47
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
12 8 1 0 0 0 0 9 56
13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 69
14 0 0 21 0 0 0 21 90
15 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 98
16 0 0 3 12 7 0 22 120
17 0 0 0 0 15 5 20 140
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140
19 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 141
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141
21 0 0 5 10 2 0 17 158
TOTAL 28 1 45 55 24 5
BEGIN QSO DISTRIB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
QSO Distribution Chart For N9YXA
1. LANG 16
2. SAC 12
3. SDGO 10
4. SHAS 8
5. SLO 7
6. SCRU 7
7. RIV 7
8. CCON 7
9. MARIN 6
10. SCLA 6
11. BUT 5
12. ORG 5
13. VENT 5
14. MONO 5
15. AMAD 5
16. SOL 4
17. PLA 4
18. DELN 3
19. GLEN 3
20. SMAT 3
21. HUM 3
22. SISK 2
23. MER 2
24. YUBA 2
25. TUL 2
26. SBER 2
27. ALP 2
28. KERN 2
29. NAPA 2
30. LAS 1
31. SUT 1
32. ELDO 1
33. TUOL 1
34. MODOC 1
35. STAN 1
36. COLU 1
37. PLU 1
38. MAD 1
39. SJOQ 1
40. FRES 1
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Cedrick Johnson - N9YXA - Z2/N9YXA
10-10: 67368, N9YXA Contest Group
Aurora, IL 60506-2134
Packet: n9yxa@w9zmr.en52va.il.us.na
DX Cluster Home Node: K9AJ- Crete, IL
TNC Mailbox- 144.930 @ n9yxa-1
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