1999 CQ WW CW SUMMARY SHEET
Callsign Used : N4GN
Operator : N4GN
Category : SOAB High Power
Default Exchange : 599 4
Club : Kentucky Contest Group
Team : Kentucky Contest Group
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries Zones
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160CW 18 18 39 12 8
80CW 44 43 102 30 17
40CW 436 429 1211 94 30
20CW 434 428 1226 86 31
15CW 679 665 1922 85 28
10CW 554 546 1592 81 28
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Totals 2165 2129 6092 388 142
Final Score = 3,228,760
Soapbox:
This was another "baseline" effort to judge future contests against, as I
slowly put a station together. With a tribander, a multi-band
ground-mounted vertical, some whimpy wires and 500 Watts, I still have a
long way to go! But I decided to give it my best shot and see what I
could do with this setup.
Not being sure what to expect, my goal was to break into the zone 4 top
ten "box" this year. This score would have put me 4th in that box last
year, but since it seems scores are up a bit, I'll be very happy just to
make the top ten cut for the zone.
I really wanted to try to stay up for the full 48 hours, but I didn't do a
very good job of adjusting my sleep in the days before the contest.
After making a bunch of silly mistakes, I decided I'd be better off
getting some sleep the second night. With several other 10-15 minute
breaks, I ended up with perhaps 42 hours operating time.
Thanks to Mark, N4OKX, for allowing me to borrow his TS-850S for the
second radio! Due to inter-station interference, nearly all the second
radio Qs were made on a ground-mounted Butternut vertical!
Random stats:
Raw QSOs - Radio 1: 1836 (84.8%)
Raw QSOs - Radio 2: 329 (15.2%)
Raw QSOs - CQ: 1556 (71.9%)
Raw QSOs - S & P: 609 (28.1%)
Best 60-minute rate: 1438-1537Z, first day
125 QSOs total
108 QSOs on 10 (Radio 1)
17 QSOs on 15 (Radio 2)
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