ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1996
Call: V31EV Country:
Mode: CW Category: Multi Single
BAND QSO QSO PTS STATES/PROV
160 262 786 45
80 534 1602 52
40 1054 3162 53
20 1324 3972 56
15 994 2982 57
10 100 300 13
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Totals 4268 12804 276 = 3,533,904
Operator List: NS0B/V31EV, WC0W/V31TP, WG9L/V31RC
Equipment Description: Kenwood TS-450
Butternut vertical for 40/80/160
Mosley TA-33jr for 10/15/20
MAILING ADDRESS:
Alan Braun V31EV
1516 Friendship Rd.
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Summary:
This was a 2nd-time effort for me; WC0W has been to V3 a number of
times before and WG9L was there for the first time. We were pleased
with our results, having made 200 more QSO's than last year but fewer
mults and fewer points than last year due to 10 not opening much.
We started out on 20 and immediately had a large pileup, and basic-
ally stayed on the highest open band during the day. Our operating
strategy during the night consisted of trying to maximize multipliers
on 80 and especially on 160. 160 was in pretty poor shape Saturday
morning but was much better on Sunday. I don't know whether it was
the low sunspots or the fact that we had 2 radials for our vertical
cut for 160 this year (and none last year!) but in any case we did
better than I could have ever hoped for on that band. We even had
a lengthy (almost 2 hrs at 100+ Q's per hour) run on 160 on Sunday
morning! A little juice would have helped though as I think we were
hearing people better than they could hear us.
The real disappointment of the weekend was 10 meters. What a dif-
ference a 10 point drop in solar flux (from last year to this) made!
10 really stank, with only a brief opening on Sunday afternoon.
Overall it was a very satisfying experience, and much less tiring
with 3 operators than it was with just 2. Thanks go to Daniel Silva
of San Ignacio, Belize, the owner/operator of Cahal Pech Village, who
allowed us to use his backyard deck as the anchor for our antennas
and whose family was very hospitable to us the whole time we were
there.
We will be QSL'ing all contacts both in and outside the contest via
the bureau, but it may take awhile to get that done as we will need to
reprint the cards and process them. If anyone is in a hurry to get a
QSL I still have a few old cards from last year and will try to answer
direct requests as quickly as I have time for. (Non-contest QSLs for
QSO's made by V31TP and V31RC go to the callbook addresses of WC0W
and WG9L respectively.) Thanks to all for the QSO's.
73 - Alan, John and Bob
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* Alan Braun MD, NS0B/V31EV *Internet: albraun@socketis.net *
* Jefferson City, MO *Packet: NS0B@N0LBA.#cemo.mo.usa.noam *
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