CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: WX5S
Operator(s): K6UFO, K6IF, W6RQ, WX5S, N7MH, KT6YL, KG6D, W6LD
Station: W6YX
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 28
80: 253
40: 476
20: 1017
15: 1354
10: 555
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Total: 3683 Prefixes = 914 Total Score = 7,976,478
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Summary: We beat our score from last year by over a million points!
We entered as a Multi-Two even though we only staffed both transmitters
about one-half the time. As an M2, everyone got to operate, and nobody had to
sit around waiting for a turn. For a few peak periods we had two operators
and a spotting station. We also sent a lot of DX spots, being the second
most-active
spot generator according to K1TTT.
Super-starter thanks to Dan K6IF who gave us a strong start. Well-rested thanks
to Mike N7MH who took the overnight both nights. We had Matt WX5S for the
first night, and we even kept his call - but then we lost him to NR6O and the
BBQ grill
on the second day.
We had long runs of JA's on 15m and 40m. Europe was always a struggle,
especially Sunday morning. 10m would occassionally open - but almost exclusively
to LU and PY.
We had no equipment or software problems. It's taken about four major contests,
but we seem to now have Writelog, networking, and voice keying all working well.
(Ha! I shouldn't have said that...)
We really enjoyed working all you friends with familiar or un-familiar calls.
See you again
for WPX CW.
Mark "Mork" Aaker K6UFO
aaker@apple.com
Antennas (nothing higher than 75 ft):
160m: inverted vee at 55 ft.
80m: inverted vee at 55 ft, Force 12 vertical dipole.
40m: M-Squared 4-el yagi at 65 ft.
20m: KLM 6-el at 65 ft, Hygain 5-el at 36 ft.
15m: Telrex 6-el at 75 ft, Hygain 5-el at 25 ft.
10m: Telrex 6-el at 75 ft, Hygain 5-el at 31 ft.
Tribanders: Force12 C31XR at 60 ft, Mosley Pro67 at 50 ft.
Equipment:
Three Yaesu FT-1000MP or MkV (Thanks Yaesu!)
Amps: Alpha 87A, Acom 2000 (Thanks N6DE and W6LD!)
Software: Three computers and networked Writelog.
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