N2NL/KH2 (Guam) 1998 WPX SSB
(QSL via W2YC)
Single operator, Low power (Kenwood TS930 + R7000 vertical)
About 14 hours of operating
40m: 108
20m: 164
15m: 416
10m: 309
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Total: 997 QSO's 334 Prefixes 1,033,396 points
I operated this weekend mainly to see how the R7000 vertical would play
at my new QTH. Although I don't yet have permission to install any antennas
at the new house, I threw it up on Sunday to play around with it. It seems
to work quite well, although is was frustrating at times to call some
Europeans who couldn't hear me. I was able to take Monday off to try to
catch the 15m run to the States, but the K jumped up to 4 and conditions
were lousy. To top it all off, the power went off at 2200Z and didn't come
back on until 5 minutes before the end of the contest!
Of the 997 QSO's, 594 were with JA. I also worked 18 DU's, 30 HL/DS's,
11 BY's, and 8 YB's!
I am interrested in any signal reports regarding my signal strength, if
anyone remembers. The R7000 and maybe a dipole is all I can fit at my home
QTH, and I want to optimize things to improve my signal as much as possible.
I hope to be on island for the WPX CW and to put in a full effort for that
weekend. I will be living in KH2 for atleast the next 2 years, hopefully
more, and I plan to put KH2 on the air in as many contests as possible while
I'm here.
73, Dave n2nl/kh2
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