K7DBV SSCW SOLP

[Gene A. Williamson]

1996 CW SS, SOLP from Oregon:   

   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   
 __________________________________________________

   80CW       44          38         76       4 
   40CW       96          96        192      14 
   20CW      299         299        598      47 
   15CW       79          79        158      11 
 __________________________________________________

 Totals      518         512       1024      76 (yep, WY--
                                                 and QUE)

    Final Score = 77824 points
    Hours worked = 19

IC-735
80M: 105ft doublet up 25ft
40M: 2x quarter wave verticals
20/15M: 2el quad up 45ft

Guess 'ya gotta be horizontal on 40 for SS: my pair of WX0B-phased,
single radialed, figure-eight-patterned verticals gained me exactly ONE
more Q on 40 this year over a random wire through the trees at 18ft (95Q
in '95, now 96Q in '96). Should have taken the time to adjust the
doublet's feedline so I could match it on 40. But then the doublet on 80
only gained me seven Qs (from 31 to 38), so I was probably OK with the
end-fed wire on both bands.

SS is still The Greatest tho -- and when I work you same 500 people
again next year, you'll all have new calls, and it'll be EVEN BETTER!

Thanks for the Qs, everyone. Sorry about the 80M dupes -- massive
cockpit errors on my part running TRLog.


73 Gene K7dBV					genewill at ordata.com
They took away my frequencies once, but they'll never take my call!



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