High point of the contest was operating from HC8 without line noise
for the first time since 1992. Low point was working *0* Europeans on
160, but hey, this goes with the territory when you choose to operate
from the Pacific Ocean.
Never heard CN8WW. Go figure. Fun to work ZS6EZ on five bands and to
hear him on 160. He couldn't hear me however, and this proved to be a
common theme this year. I haven't read everyone's remarks yet, but I
get an idea that the world was experiencing QRN on 160 this year.
Flying back from Quito to Miami the captain announced "we have a
little ol' red light here in cockpit on one of our engines, so we will
be stopping in ZF2." Boy the people there sure are friendly! A bunch
of the locals were waiting at the airport in fire trucks to greet us
when we landed. What a great country!
Thanks to all for the contacts and for a very enjoyable contest.
QSL via AA5BT.
--Trey, N5KO
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CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST 1998
Call: HC8N Country: Galapagos Is.
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 99 290 2.93 13 22
80 417 1226 2.94 23 62
40 1124 3343 2.97 31 91
20 1235 3656 2.96 35 109
15 1532 4523 2.95 37 117
10 2357 7012 2.97 33 119
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Totals 6764 20050 2.96 172 520 => 13,874,600
Club Affiliation: Northern California Contest Club
on 46.2 hours
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Continent Statistics
HC8N Single Operator 30 Nov 1998 0000z
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 94 283 458 812 808 1076 3531 50.9
South America 3 12 14 24 38 29 120 1.7
Europe 0 81 394 324 499 1180 2478 35.7
Asia 1 52 265 85 186 98 687 9.9
Africa 1 3 8 9 15 14 50 0.7
Oceania 1 1 13 18 19 23 75 1.1
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