IARU HF Championship -- 1998
Call: WP2Z (AG8L) Country: US Virgin Is.
Category: Single Operator, Mixed Mode
BAND QSO QSO-PTS PTS/Q ZONES HQ STNS
160 0 0 0.00 0 0
80 28 78 2.79 5 7
40 154 518 3.36 20 15
20 713 3061 4.29 35 15
15 1229 5203 4.23 39 21
10 537 1757 3.27 24 5
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Totals 2661 10617 3.99 123 63
Score: 1,974,762 points
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
Windwood Contest Station: FT-1000, AL-82 Amp
Force-12 C-4 Antenna, Other wire antennas
Comments:
This was my first serious DX contest from the Windwood (WP2Z)
station. Started on 15 SSB and continued there most of
Saturday making over 1000 contacts in the first 6 hours. Rates
remained high for the entire day Saturday and were the best I've
ever had, with a one hour peak of 166. I failed to realize how
important multipliers would be, and neglected to spend the time
later in the contest hunting for HQ and zone multipliers. I'll
be back next year and plan to do a better job with multipliers.
Congratulations to the fine single mode entrants - some amazing rates
and results have been posted.
Regrets? I wish I could have pulled more of the weaker stations
out of the noise. Band conditions were flaky at times. On
Sunday morning, I was loud into Europe, but most stations were
weak and the noise level peaked with the beam pointing at Europe.
I think I missed some good multipliers by not being aware of
some of the special call signs that were active. I seem to
recall XUF2B calling, but I didn't think the call was correct.
(Of course, this was towards the end of the contest when lack
of sleep was a factor too.)
Problems? I found many stations giving me the wrong (CQ) zone
number. This was especially true on 10 SSB. I tried to help
stations with the correct number, but it is difficult to do during
a contest, especially since the ITU zones don't correspond
directly to call areas.
All in all, a great contest, and I look forward to another effort
next year, along with even better band conditions.
Club Affiliation: Southern California DX Club (SCDXC)
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: David R. Margolis, WP2Z (AG8L)
MAILING ADDRESS:
David R. Margolis AG8L
23401 Plum Hollow Drive
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