We had several big thunderstorms come through here starting at
around 0230Z on Saturday, delivering about 4 inches of rain.
While we needed the rain, the off time during the storms sure
hurt my numbers on 40 and 80! I also had to shut down twice at
around 2200Z on Saturday due to thunderstorms, but these were
short outages compared to the 0230Z event. Needless to say, QRN
was a problem during the first half of the contest - sorry of all
the requests for repeats!
I thought that 40, 20 and 15 were generally in good shape. I had
some real nice runs on 40 and 20 at the European sunrise on
Sunday morning, and on 15 at our sunrise, both days. Ten opened
on Sunday afternoon here, just as I was starting to feel
fatigued. There is nothing more invigorating than a whole bunch
of new multipliers late in a contest!
This is my best score ever in this contest. Thanks for all the
QSOs!
73 Bud AA3B
mailto:cwtrench@sprynet.com
DARC WORKED ALL EUROPE CONTEST -- 1999
Call: AA3B Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QTC Cty Mult
160 0 0 0 0
80 20 20 9 36
40 217 217 36 108
20 442 442 42 84
15 585 585 42 84
10 61 61 25 50
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Totals 1325 1325 154 362 = 959,300
Total On Time: 36 Hours
Off times: 8/14: 0248Z - 1005Z; 2010Z - 2038Z
8/15: 0637Z - 1037Z; Ended at 2344Z
All reports sent were 599.
Equipment Description:
Station #1: TS940s / HF2500 Station #2: TS830S / 30L1
80M: Inverted L Box and Inverted Vee @ 60?
40M: 3 Element Wire Beam fixed NE @ 50? and Inverted Vee @ 55?
10M, 15M, 20M: A3 Tribander @ 70?
Club Affiliation: Frankford Radio Club
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