CQ WORLD WIDE PREFIX CONTEST -- 2000
Call: VO1MP Country: Canada
Mode: SSB Category: SO/HP/UNA/10 METERS
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q PREFIXES
10 3186 8016 2.5 895
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Totals 3186 8016 2.5 895 = 7,174,320
OPERATING TIME 31 HOURS
All reports sent were 59, unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description: Kenwood 930-S SB-220 @ abt 500 Watts
CT- Logging Antennae: HB 4-element monobander at 30 Feet
and 2 el Delta Loop fixed North @ abt 130 above ground.
Soap Box:
Decision to go single band was forced on me by
recent wx conditions which had brought down all wire
antennas and beams except my low 10 meter yagi.
Work commitments and prevailing weather during the last few weeks
prevented me from making any antenna repairs and kept me from participating
in both ARRL Contests
Took Friday afternoon off and hastily home brewed a two element
delta loop on a 6 foot piece of 2 inch wooden dowelling to hang from
my hill top tower at 750 ft ASL, this proved to be a fortuitous
choice, as this antenna was my mainstay all week and played really hot to
Europe and Asia early in the morning. This business about quad loop
antennas opening the bands earlier, was really demonstrated to me first
hand.
The only reason I didn't work any body before 0900z was because I didn't get
on earlier than that !!
Although the band seemed to be open to South East Asia over Northern Europe
early in the day and late in the afternoon JAs an YBs seemed to be
inactive
from here, even though most of the stations who called in from that
direction were 20 over !!
Mebbe the internet has taken over .
Operating near 28.300 on Sunday morning was really difficult due to the
FM QRM from Pirates in South East Asia, their FM sigs completely riddled
the band below 28.300 !! One VK6 who called me Sunday morning indicated
that this is a chronic problem in that part of the world. This was all the
more perplexing when I note that my log contains fewer stations from
that area than the prevailing conditions should have allowed. ( I guess I
need
a 1500 W amplifier) .
In any event the combination of my Mickey mouse antenna lash up and
the great conditions allowed me to better the existing Canadian 10 Meter
WPX
record by about 3 Million points. Hopefully it sticks , unless there
were other 10 meter entries.
Enjoyed the activity and hope the CW part is provided with equally
good conditions.
73 CU all next one.
VO1MP
Continent Statistics
VO1MP CQ WORLD WIDE PREFIX CONTEST SO/10M 26 Mar 2000 2358z
10M QSOs Percent
North America 1486 46.6
South America 74 2.3
Europe 1448 45.4
Asia 137 4.3
Africa 14 0.4
Oceania 27 0.8
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