CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2001
Call: VO1MP
Category: Single Operator
Power: High Power
Band: All Band
Mode: CW
Country: Canada
Zone: 5
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 0 0 0.00 0 0
80 215 549 2.55 11 45
40 221 545 2.47 16 60
20 547 1372 2.51 23 70
15 461 1240 2.69 26 81
10 708 1945 2.75 26 87
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Totals 2152 5651 2.63 102 343 => 2,514,695
All reports sent were 599, unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
Kenwood 850 & ALPHA 78
Kenwood 950 & SB-220
CT Logging and Keying + Morsematic/Vibroplex
Tower 1 = Homebrewed 4 el for 15 and Dipole 40/80
Tower 2 = Homebrewed 4 el for 10
Tower 3 = Driven element of a TH6 for 20 fixed NE/SW
and 160 dipole ( in Garage)
Continent Statistics
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America CW 0 93 112 264 139 165 773 35.9
South America CW 0 1 9 12 9 14 45 2.1
Europe CW 0 121 94 245 285 498 1243 57.7
Asia CW 0 0 1 13 12 14 40
1.9
Africa CW 0 1 5 7 14 13 40
1.9
Oceania CW 0 0 0 7 2 4 13
0.6
Soap Box:
CT says I operated about 31 hours, however it is likely about 33
Spent Friday afternoon finishing up antenna work until I ran out
of daylight and gas with 160 meter antenna still to install.
Conditions were very ropey on Saturday with 10 meters only occasionally
there
and 15 not much better, with my lack of antenna hardware , I was hardly
in a position to make much noise on 20 which might have been a
big producer, I guess I have gotten tired of building 20 meter Yagis that
do not survive one full winter and have placed a single element at the
highest location on the property , about 725' ASL looking at the ocean
in the clear, of course it won't stay there hi!
The combination 40/80 that I had moved from the hill top to a tower
closer to the house, managed to spew enough RF into the shack to
occasionally
lock the Keyboard so had to resort to Paddle Keying with one hand and
keyboard
logging with the other on 40 and 80. Gotta get a real antenna for 40 and
another tower to put it on, maybe 1/2 inch copper wire delta loop array to
withstand the ice and wind hi!
Not often you get to make more QSOs on the second day than on the first !
On Sunday 10 meters opened early and on time here, so I was able to stake
out
28.000.5 and run a couple of hundred before the big dogs showed up.
I find in this contest if you're not a multiplier your antennas must be big
and
your signal bigger hi!! Although I did manage to get the rate meter over
270 -last 10 several times and last 100 at 170 a few times but no sustained
periods of really high activity.
This one really brings em all out ... there were stations CQ'ing on 10
meters
all the way up to 28220, on fifteen all the way up to 21150 and on 20 up
to 14120 in fact I had a few good runs on 28191 and 21147 or there abouts
hi!
So I dont think CW Mode is dead yet. Some good dx but did not manage to do a
hundred on any one band even though I did my share of S&P , Still Single OP
one radio, although I have the hardware capabilities , mebbe new project
for this winter. So far snow has been staying away so maybe this weekend I
can finish installing my 160 meter antenna.
Thanks for Qs see you all next one GLWCDR.
73 VO1MP- Gus
Club Affiliation:
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:
Gus Samuelson VO1MP
28 Skinners Road
St.Phillips, Nf A1ML 1S1
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