CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: CE4U
Operator(s): CE4USW
Station: CE4USW
Class: SOSB/20 LP
QTH: Talca, Chile
Operating Time (hrs): 26
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20: 1305 31 84
15:
10:
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Total: 1305 31 84 = 436,195
Club/Team: Southern Cross DX Group - SCDXG
Comments:
Equipment Description: Cushcraft A3 @ 21m high
TS-430S HF Transceiver Kenwood
PS-50 Power Supply Kenwood
Homemade CW interfase working in LPT1
MFJ-557 manual key
MDR CD450 Phones Sony
PC Pentium II
CT 9.67 logger running under WinME
Comments: I decided a Single Band operation due to the lack of time for adjus-
ting all three monobanders to the CW segments mainly, and because of
having not much CW experience in contests as well. This was my first
CQWW CW ever. I had been active only in ARRL DX CW 1999 & 2001 and
CQWPX CW 2001 before, never made more than 500 QSO each. This time,
I wanted to try a little better.
Unfortunately, SWR level was high: 2.1:1 around 14.060 KHz in 3 el
monoband antenna, so I tried the Cushcraft A3 tribander @ 21m high
at home (monobanders are located in country-side QTH). Unexpectedly,
SWR was 1.2:1 in 14.050 KHz without any adjustment! Lucky me!
Well, in the beginning of the Contest, I was a bit nervous about the
intensity of it since I had always heard with regard to the big
number
of people participating, and having in mind my low speed in CW: 25-30
wpm. (I guess I will reach 40 some day hi).
Initial goal was to surpass 600 QSO. Many W & VE stations in first 2
hours and a few EU, SA & JA. From 0300z, EU & OC signals were getting
louder but always a lot of NA stations. At 0600z, the band was open
everywhere: KL9A, CX9AU, JA's, HL's, EM1HO, W's, XE, VE's, KH6, BA,
etc. One hour later and on, I logged JA stations mostly.
I went to a friend's birthday party in Saturday afternoon, so I could
only be active again at 2150z: good signals from EU working 2 QSO/min
for about two hours (best rate was 3 QSO/min). Like the start, lots
of NA stations from 0030z on. From 0600z, new mults called me, having
a nice OC opening: NHØ, AH2, KH6's, DU's, VK's, V7, BV, 4W, 9M8, 9V,
3W, VR; 9H, A45 as well. I went to sleep at 1345z and 1290 stations
were logged. Goal accomplished. JJ6WYS: 5 minutes trying to QSO and
finally got it! Tnx!
I woke up at 1845z and the band was open only about 1940z in Chile.
Nice signals from AF & EU during the afternoon for more new mults:
ER, 5H, 3V, XT, OZ, ZD9 in less than 1 hour. A little later, MZ5, V4,
ZP, KP3, VU2, PB6X called me, passing 400K points.
This was a personal success because I finished at 30 wpm, doubled my
initial goal and this is a new CE record (I've checked past results).
On the other hand, electricity was cut off many times both days at
home and all the neighborhood: 0154z-0159z, 0246z-0254z, 0437z-0452z,
0539z-0556z, 0726z-0733z, 2342z-2349z on Saturday; 0105z-0110z, 0428z
-0434z, 0759z-0812z, 0819z-0826z, 0829z-0834z, 0935z-0940z, 1038z-
1048z, etc. on Sunday. This was quite annoying but, luckily, the rig
didn't pass away and I've got a UPS connected to my PC.
Many thanks to all the stations that called me and, specially, for
their patience. --I appreciate every QSO very very much--
Merry Xmas and Happy 2002 to all of you. 73 es DX de CE4U.
Continent Statistics
CE4U CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator 25 Nov 2001 2359z
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America CW 0 0 0 656 0 0 656 50.3
South America CW 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 2.7
Europe CW 0 0 0 312 0 0 312 23.9
Asia CW 0 0 0 281 0 0 281 21.5
Africa CW 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.4
Oceania CW 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 1.2
Name: Juan Pablo Mardones Call: CE4USW (contest call CE4U)
Occupation: University student Age: 22
Web: http://www.qsl.net/ce4u (under construction)
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