ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: PJ4X
Operator(s): K1XX, W1MD, K1QX, K1EA, K1ZM, K5KG, WI9WI
Station: PK4X
Class: M/M HP
QTH: Bonaire
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 749 58
80: 1372 58
40: 1883 58
20: 2190 59
15: 2088 60
10: 2042 58
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Total: 10324 351 Total Score = 10,809,045
Club:
Comments:
Can we and the folks at HK1NA get any closer!!! We knew it was going to be
tight during the contest since HK1NA was posting their score on the Russian
real-time reflector. We were ahead early in the contest and at about the 24
hour point the HK1NA folks drew even and then a bit (roughly 100k) ahead. This
went on until Sunday morning when our power went out. We saw a power truck down
the road that appeared to be fixing an insulator. Fortunately, the power was
out for only about 30 minutes. Once we were back on the air, we found
ourselves about 250k points behind HK1NA.
Though we closed the gap somewhat, it appeared we were going to fall short in
the end. However, late Sunday afternoon, things really started to click. K1ZM
was on 20, K1EA on 15, and WI9WI on 10. Each op asked many of the contacts to
QSY to a band where we did not have a contact. A lot of people moved when
asked. About 2 hours from the end of the contest we pulled back into a tie
after being down. It was something to watch! A bunch of old guys and their
tri-banders....
I guess we should have seen the handwriting on the wall earlier in the week.
Wednesday afternoon we found that even though the house had 115 volt power, the
220 volt feed for the amplifiers and 1 of the 2 air conditioners was missing.
After the contest I'll find a site and publish a picture of the burned up
terminal block at the base of the ac power meter! It was a wonderful education
in 3 phase ac power.
At the end of 48 hours, it comes down to the log checkers and operator
accuracy.
Congratulations to the guys at HK1NA and also thanks to the many people that
gave us contacts.
73 PJ4X ops
Charlie, k1xx
Jeff, k1zm
Marty, w1md
Ken, k1ea
Craig, k1qx
George, k5kg
Jim, wi9wi
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