ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST
CALL:KP4Y
COUNTRY:PUERTO RICO
CATEGORY:SINGLE OPERATOR/LOW POWER
VALID QSO'S W/VE MULT.
160 0 0
80 0 0
40 21 14
20 540 52
15 402 49
10 774 50
TOTAL 1737 165 -------->SCORE = 859,815
EQUIPMENT:
RIG->KENWOOD TS450S
ANT->R-5 VERTICAL AND DIPOLE
FIRST EXCUSES:
1-UNIVERSITY!
2-UNIVERSITY!
3-RF!
AFTER LAST YEAR'S KP3P(M-2 CHAMP'S) WE AND OTHER FOUND OURSELVES WITHOUT STATION
TO DEFEND OUR TITLE(KP3P WAS DESTROYED BY HURRICANE GEORGE)SO I DECIDE TO TRY
KP4Y@KP4Y HI HI.AS ALWAYS UNIVERSITY INTERRUPTED ANY PLANS TO RAISE THE BEAMS I
HAVE
HAD DOWN SINCE GEORGE,TWO DAYS BEFORE I TRY TO RAISE AT LEAST THE A-4 BUT WAS
TOO
HEAVY FOR ME ALONE(I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SOME BEERS AND PIZZA IN THE
REFRIGERATOR!)
SO I DECIDE TO GO ALONE WITH THE VERTICAL R-5 PLUS A DIPOLE I BUILT WITH OPEN
LINE.THE
CONTEST STARTED AND I WAS IN THE CELLING DEALING WITH THE DIPOLE, ENDING
WITHOUT BEING
RAISE THAT NIGHT SO I START THE CONTEST AT ABT. 0130 WITH JUST A R-5
VERTICAL.THE FIRST HOUR
WAS SOMETHING OVER 130QSO'S AND THE SECOND WAS MY BEST ON THE CONTEST WITH
158QSO'S.
THAT NIGHT I GO TO SLEEP EARLY(NO 40M OR 80M ANT).THE SECOND DAY I PUT THE
DIPOLE BUT
THE OPEN LINE INSIDE THE SHACK BRING MR. RF MURPHY TO THE CONTEST TRYING TO
MAKE A
M-2 WITH ME SO THAT NIGHT ALSO SLEPT MY 8 HRS HI HI.FROM THAT MOMENT EVERYTHING
TURNED
INTO A DISASTER I TRY TO ADJUST THE GROUND LINES BUT IT WAS WORST AND 15M
STARTED TO GIVE
PROBLEMS ,SO I SPENT THE CONTEST WITH COMPUTER SHUTDOWNS,KEYING
PROBLEMS,MONITOR
PROBLEMS AND RUNNING WITH A DVM TRYING TO FIX THE MESS I DID WITH THE GROUND
LINES.
WHATEVER I SPENT A GREAT TIME AND I THINK THIS IS TURNING TO BE MY FAVORITE
CONTEST.
CONGARTS TO THE REAL OPERATORS AND THE BIG SCORES SPECIALLY THE WP3R(KE3Q?)
GROUP
WHO BROKE LAST YEAR M-2 NUMBER.
73,ROBERT, KP4Y
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