ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1999
Call: VE3RZ Country: Canada
Mode: CW Category: SOAB HP (200 watts)
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 0 0 0.0 0
80 10 30 3.0 7
40 118 345 2.9 50
20 127 381 3.0 53
15 175 519 3.0 57
10 133 396 3.0 54
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Totals 563 1671 3.0 221 = 369,291
All reports sent were 599 ON, unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
Tcvr: IC751A
AMP: Hbrew 2 x tired 811A -> 200 watts output
Ant: GAP Challenger vertical
S/W: CT v9.39 (didn't have cw keying connected)
Keyer: MFJ 482
Comments:
Enjoyed the contest, even though antenna challenged, it was fun.
Conditions were good, all but three qso's came from S&Ping. Fell
off my chair when after calling CQ for couple of minutes, was called
by TZ6DX! Also surprised on Sunday afternoon to hear VQ9QM at S9 on
my vertical on 20m. No problem working him - must have got to him before
the packet spots Hi. Good to work HZ1HZ after short number of calls on 10m.
Managed to work quite a number of stations on 4 bands, a couple on 5
bands but the GAP is little better than a dummy load on 80m - still it
does give me the all band capability and it's performance on 40m is
quite good.
Lifted the band/country totals by quite a bit. Always interesting to
hear stations coming through from countries that you never hear outside
of a contest. Congrats to some of the stations, HC8N, SP7GIQ, G4BUO,
ZF2NT, VP5CW for being the loudest stations here on any band that I
monitored....KH7R for being able to pull my signal out on 80m.
Biggest frustration was hearing stations over S9 that I couldn't get
through to, I can only imagine the pile-ups at the other end!
This was possibly my last contest effort from VE3RZ, it looks very much
like my company is going to transfer me to Sydney, Australia for the next
two years, so look out for a new VK contester!!!
73 de Tony, VE3RZ
(ex J3/VE3RZ, VE3NTW, ZS6BNZ, G3XMX/8R1, G3XMX)
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