ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1997
Call: W9WI Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: SingleOp/Low Pwr/20m monoband
Totals 471 1413 3.0 79 = 111,627
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
TS-940, Force 12 C3 @ 20m
Club Affiliation: Tennessee Contest Group
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
Signature _Douglas E. Smith, W9WI, 2/17/97_
MAILING ADDRESS:
Doug Smith W9WI
1385 Old Clarksville Pike
Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098
(County hunters note: CHEATHAM CO.! K4RO is only other
active HF op
in the county...)
COMMENTS:
I should have gone to K4VX.. (Hey Lew, who was operating there?
Was that you?) This was my first serious entry in a DX contest from home.
I've had the C3 up since September. It works great, but... it was a very
frustrating experience.
I'm a "rate operator". As in, I'll tolerate some S&P for
multipliers, but if no runs are forthcoming I lose interest quickly. It
seems it isn't possible to run from west of the Appalachians without an
amplifier. I could get brief runs going for 10-20 minutes, but invariably
I'd get run off the frequency by a W2 or W3. (interesting note: two W1s
tried to run me off, but both went elsewhere when I asked them to QSY...
One 2X1 in the 2nd area succeeded in running me off 14.089...) I think most
of them couldn't hear me with their beams on EU, but at least two knew
darned well I was there.
Don't know if there's a fix. But I can say, there's no way I'm ever
doing this contest seriously again without an amplifier, at least not from
west of the mountains. If the budget doesn't allow one by next year, I'll
putter around on 80 & work on my 5BDXCC...
Noticed a *lot* of neat mults on from Africa - 9U, 9G, 9L, 5X, V5..
Also landed JQ1NGT/JD1 for an all-time new country.
73 Doug
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Douglas E. Smith W9WI/4 desmith@Telalink.net.xxx
1385 Old Clarksville Pike (preferred for long files)
Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 USA -or-
(615) 746-5205 72777.3143@compuserve.com.xxx
(preferred for time-critical info)
(.xxx added to end of email address to hopefully foil spammers)
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