ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1997
Call: 8P9JA Country: Barbados
Mode: SSB Category: Multi Single
Club Affiliation: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Operator List: K4MA & AA4NC
Station Used: 8P9Z contest station on
Warleigh Plantation, St. Peter Parish
BAND QSO QSO PTS STATES/PROV ANTENNA
160 248 744 46 Inv Vee @ 90 ft
80 807 2421 57 Inv Vee @ 50 ft
40 1654 4962 58 3 el HyGain @ 90 ft
20 2367 7101 59 TH6 @ 55 ft
15 2335 7005 59 TH6 @ 55 ft
10 120 360 22 5 el @ 100 ft
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Totals 7531 22593 301 = 6,800,493
Equipment Description:
See antennas above, TS-850S & Clipperton L using Heil Proset
and MFJ voice keyer.
And the secret weapon of a 1000 ft non-terminated, laying on
the ground, beverage that worked awesomely.
Comments:
First of all, thanks to K3KG, K3ZR, K4JG, & W4NL for letting us
rent their station. They have an awesome station. We felt loud
on all bands both inside and outside the contest. Also a special
thanks to Jagan Ward, the plantation manager, who took great care
of us.
Only really problem was with line noise that mostly effected
20M. Was rough going during the Saturday morning opening on 20M,
and our 20M Q total was low until late Sunday. Look at the
last few hours in the rate sheet below. 20M really produced for
us finally at the end.
The Saturday 10M opening was a skew path. We had to beam Africa
in order to work anyone. Most stations were in NE: W1, W2, & W3 with
a VA and NC thrown in. On the Sunday 10M opening, it seeme to
be more E-skip. With the clouding moving from covering W8 & W9
to W5. Furthest West worked was MO & TX.
Here's that rate sheet:
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults 8P9JA ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST Multi Single
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 160/36 60/15 ..... ..... 220/51 220/51
1 . . 245/8 . . . 245/8 465/59
2 . 108/31 95/5 . . . 203/36 668/95
3 . 189/17 . . . . 189/17 857/112
4 120/32 49/3 . . . . 169/35 1026/147
5 21/3 . 200/3 . . . 221/6 1247/153
6 21/1 33/2 48/0 . . . 102/3 1349/156
7 . 66/0 39/2 . . . 105/2 1454/158
8 4/1 31/0 20/0 ..... ..... ..... 55/1 1509/159
9 . 21/1 35/0 . . . 56/1 1565/160
10 . 2/1 60/1 . . . 62/2 1627/162
11 . . 12/0 91/20 . . 103/20 1730/182
12 . . . 179/11 . . 179/11 1909/193
13 . . . 181/2 . . 181/2 2090/195
14 . . . 94/0 220/33 . 314/33 2404/228
15 . . . . 267/8 . 267/8 2671/236
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 262/3 ..... 262/3 2933/239
17 . . . . 211/8 2/2 213/10 3146/249
18 . . . . 141/3 34/11 175/14 3321/263
19 . . . . 235/3 . 235/3 3556/266
20 . . . . 248/0 . 248/0 3804/266
21 . . . . 209/1 . 209/1 4013/267
22 . . . 221/5 48/0 . 269/5 4282/272
23 . . . 259/2 . . 259/2 4541/274
0 ..... ..... 144/3 5/0 ..... ..... 149/3 4690/277
1 . . 170/0 . . . 170/0 4860/277
2 24/3 76/0 3/0 . . . 103/3 4963/280
3 18/0 36/1 71/0 . . . 125/1 5088/281
4 . 22/0 87/0 . . . 109/0 5197/281
5 . 93/1 . . . . 93/1 5290/282
6 21/1 26/0 45/0 . . . 92/1 5382/283
7 2/0 25/0 22/0 . . . 49/0 5431/283
8 3/2 ..... 41/0 ..... ..... ..... 44/2 5475/285
9 . 13/0 38/0 . . . 51/0 5526/285
10 3/1 17/0 29/0 . . . 49/1 5575/286
11 . . 28/0 1/0 . . 29/0 5604/286
12 . . 7/0 42/0 . . 49/0 5653/286
13 . . . 128/0 . . 128/0 5781/286
14 . . . 186/0 8/0 . 194/0 5975/286
15 . . . 74/1 54/0 . 128/1 6103/287
16 ..... ..... ..... 50/1 82/0 ..... 132/1 6235/288
17 . . . . 26/0 77/9 103/9 6338/297
18 . . . . 171/0 7/0 178/0 6516/297
19 . . . 97/0 55/0 . 152/0 6668/297
20 . . . 81/2 98/0 . 179/2 6847/299
21 . . . 233/0 . . 233/0 7080/299
22 . . . 258/0 . . 258/0 7338/299
23 11/2 . 55/0 127/0 . . 193/2 7531/301
DAY1 166/37 499/55 914/55 1085/55 1841/59 36/13 ..... 4541/274
DAY2 82/9 308/2 740/3 1282/4 494/0 84/9 . 2990/27
TOT 248/46 807/57 1654/58 2367/59 2335/59 120/22 . 7531/301
73, Jim Stevens, K4MA (ex KI4HN)
email -- k4ma@mindspring.com
WWW -- http://www.mindspring.com/~k4ma -> see for vanity call info
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