CQ WPX SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 29-May-99, 30-May-99
Callsign Used : K8JP
Operator : K8JP
Category : SOABHP
Name : Joseph L. Pontek, Sr.
Address : 26441 Devaney Road
City/State/Zip : Arcadia, IN 46030-9532
Country : United States
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Prefixes
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160CW 4 4 15 2 Inverted "L"
80CW 18 18 44 4 Inverted "V" @ 75'
40CW 97 97 309 63 Inverted "V" @ 75'
20CW 739 737 1935 288 204BA @ 82'
15CW 465 465 1195 213 4 Ele. @ 50'
10CW 60 60 128 38 4 Ele. @ 76'
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Totals 1383 1381 3626 608
Final Score = 2204608 points.
Equipment: FT-1000MP, AL-1200, 386-DX40
Software: TR 6.40
Soapbox Comments
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This was my first WPX of any seriousness. New experience and I had
to learn some new strategies. I had some good runs and some good
S&P's. After two surgeries on my left shoulder, it let me know it
did not like sitting up there tuning the radio a lot. This did
increase the fatigue and I only put in 30 hours and 24 minutes.
Highlight was working HC8N all bands, low light was having sparks
fly around the shack Sunday afternoon from a storm and a fast shut
down and exit followed. That was half of an hour lost. Also, I
started to smell something burning Sunday around noon when ever I
was transmitting on 15 meters. It quit when I powered down the
amplifier. I thought something was going in the amplifier. But,
after I checked it out, I discovered my 2 meter packet radio was
giving out the odor. I was not using it, so I powered it down and
disconnected the antenna. Something to check out this week.
Conditions on 20 and 15 meters were great. 160 and 80 were very
noisy and activity was very low. 40 meters seemed good, but the
activity was probably kept low by 15 and 20 meters being open all
night. 10 meters never showed up. I worked some Europe by backscatter
on 15 meters, beaming about 105 degrees on Sunday. I missed the
tribander I took to Belize. It would have been nice to have it
for quick direction changes.
This is to certify that in the contest I have operated my transmitter
within
the limitations of my license and have observed fully the rules and
regulations of the contest.
Date JUN 99 Signed Joseph L. Pontek, Sr. Call K8JP (A 23 year old
vanity call)
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73 de K8 Joe "Palooka" & Beverly
Joe Pontek
26441 Devaney Road
Arcadia, IN 46030
USA
317-984-7388
K8JP, V31JP, VP5/K8JP, VP5JP, K8JP/VA2, ex-K8HKM
Read "The Contest Traveler" in The National Contest Journal
CJ5 '65
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