CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: N7IR Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator QRP
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 14 27 1.93 7 7
80 26 59 2.27 11 13
40 115 312 2.71 23 45
20 147 416 2.83 21 54
15 166 471 2.84 27 58
10 164 462 2.82 22 52
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Totals 632 1747 2.76 111 229 => 593,980
All reports sent were 599 3, unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
2 TenTec 546C Transceivers running 5 watts each
20/15/10 meters: Force 12 5BA at 73' and Force 12 C3S at 40'
40 meters: Force 12 EF240/230 at 84' and delta loop
80 meters: delta loop
160 meters: Shunt-fed 88' top-loaded vertical
486-120 running CT 9.10a
Club Affiliation: Central Arizona DX Association
Personal best in this contest! Most Q's, Z's and C's! Felt like I
knew where to be most of the time to maximize the rate (slow as it was)
and find the mults. Tried two radio S&P but it just made me crazy!
Echo the sentiments from elsewhere: best all band conditions in my
experience. Even 20 meters shaped up on Sunday afternoon with one of
the best Russian/North Europe openings I've ever worked. I heard, but
didn't work, a number of VK S&P stations at the same time: awesome!
The low tribander and delta loop were a real asset for the close stuff.
See you in the 160 meter contest this weekend!
73
Gary, N7IR
DM43bi (aka NW Chandler, AZ USA)
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