CQ WORLD WIDE PREFIX CONTEST -- 2001
Call: NA1DX
Category: Single Unlimited
Power: Low Power
Band: All Band
Mode: SSB
Country: United States
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q PREFIXES
160 0 0 0.0 0
80 0 0 0.0 0
40 0 0 0.0 0
20 113 289 2.6 63
15 269 720 2.7 179
10 370 975 2.6 256
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Totals 752 1984 2.6 498 = 988,032
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description: ICOM 706MKII at 100 watts. LDG AT-11MP
Autotuner. MFJ-434 Voice Keyer. Mosley TA-36 (+40m Kit) up
40 ft of Rohn 25. Alliance Rotor/Controller. 11m band fiberglass
vertical for additional 20m-10m use. Heil Proset 4 and Promicro 4
headset mics. CT 9.54 Logging Software and ICOM CT-17 PC interface.
MFJ TNC2 Packet and Kenwood TR-7930 with Cushraft vertical connected
to KE3Q DX Cluster Node.
Remarks: I had been looking forward to trying to better than my
1999 #1 USA Rookie QSO count and score of 1.1M pts. However,
weeks between the ARRL DX Phone and WPX Phone I developed
problems in the two FT-1000s, Henry 2K2 80-10m Amp, and portable
65ft tower. Basically, my plan for months fell apart.
I refocused my goal to see if I could operate longer than previous
contests and see what I could do with a ICOM 706MKII at 100 watts
using configuration above in the equipment description. Well, I
never operated more than 18 hrs and this contest I operated 30.5
hrs. I guess if I had not stopped and had meals with XLY and kids
during the weekend, I might have broken my previous score. It was
the weekend of my 38th birthday, so I didn't want to ignore
family completely. I also did not operate late at night, as I did
not want to disturb the family sleeping. At 100 watts, I couldn't
get any runs going, search and pounce was my only choice. The
dipole was not doing well on 40m -160m, so I just called it quits
on the low bands. So, I didn't get any lower band points, and
that hurt. All in all, I had a very good time and feel I did
pretty good with marginal antenna/tower, low end radio and power.
The highlight was reviewing the log and realizing I worked 112
countries and picked up 4 new ones during the contest!
Club Affiliation: PVRC
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
Signature _________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: Douglas A. Ellmore, Sr. NA1DX
84 Portland Manor Farm Drive
Lothian, MD 20711
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