WA7BNM SOAB LP

[Bruce Horn]

       1996 CQ Worldwide SSB

Call: WA7BNM
Category: Single Op, All Band, Low Power, Unassisted
Operating Time: 24.5 hours
Location: S.Calif

Band      Q         Z        C
----------------------------------
160       2         2        2
 80      36        14       18
 40      85        22       39
 20     299        32       84
 15     382        25       56
 10       6         3        3
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        810        98      202    =   672,600

Antennas:
 160 - none
  80 - rotatable dipole at 90 ft
  40 - 3-el yagi at 80 ft
  10/15/20 - stacked tribanders at 95 and 62 ft

Comments:
  Strong winds were forecast for the weekend, so played it safe
  and didn't crank tower all the way up -- don't think it made
  any difference in results. Because of wind couldn't put up
  balloon-supported 160m vertical.

  With forecast of lousy conditions for start and feeling that
  conditions were going to be worse than last year, decided I
  shouldn't be too serious about this one. First evening met these
  expectations:  JA-run lasted about 30 minutes on 15m.  Slept both
  nights.

  However, Sunday's conditions were much better than Saturday's
  (as predicted). As compared with last year, band-zones were the
  same, 8 fewer band-countries, but 100K fewer points. Working
  160+ JAs/Asians on 15m in the last 2:15 of contest made a big
  difference this year.

  I was reminded once again in this contest of a couple of simple
  rules to keep in mind, particularly for low power contesting.

  1. All multipliers are equal. A V5 is no more important than a
     VP5. While S&Ping, don't spend a lot of time in a pileup --
     there are other multipliers waiting to be found. You can always
     come back to the pileup.

  2. Propagation changes with time. Just because a station can't hear
     you initially, doesn't mean they will never hear you. Come back
     later.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at netcom.com)



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