CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: N5BO
Operator(s): N5BO
Station: N5FG
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Mississippi
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 4 4 4
80: 32 10 19
40: 68 12 42
20: 215 30 87
15: 255 28 95
10: 517 30 110
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Total: 1091 114 357 Total Score = 1,420,536
Club: Worldwide Young Contesters
Comments:
- FT-1000 @ 100w
- Force12 C31XR @ 50ft
- 160/80 Inverted V's @ 70ft
- 40M Random Dipole @ 20ft
My first contest since 1997 and I had a blast! I look forward to many more.
I was worried about losing multipliers on 40 meters because the 2el-40cd was
coming down from the tower on Saturday and it wasn't even working on Friday
night. In hopes of picking up a few multipliers, I built a dipole Friday
morning out of anything I could find around the house. I knew the QSO count
would be low on 40m, but I was desperate for the multipliers. I ended up using
heavy duty speaker wire, an SO-239, and a homemade center insulator for my 40
meter antenna. I could only get it up around 20ft because I didn't have much
coax. It served it's purpose and is now retired!
I started out on 10 meters at the start of the contest because the JA's were
really loud at my QTH. It worked out well because I didn't hear many JA's on 10
during the next two evenings and I was able to pick up a decent amount of Q's
before 10m died for the night. I didn't even touch 40m on the first night
because my antenna situation wasn't looking too good during the contest. Most
of my time on the first night was spent bouncing between 20 and 80 while I was
trying to get a feel for the bands. This was my first time on the air in a year
and I was a little rusty! I spent the whole contest in S&P mode because finding
a clear frequency to use with 100 watts was not happening. I finally picked a
frequency out on 10m during Sunday and had a rate of 195 going for 30 minutes, I
ended the hour with 120 Q's when I stopped calling CQ because the calls stopped
coming in. Back to Searching and Pouncing!
Also, I thank Floyd, N5FG for allowing me to use his station for the weekend.
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