KB1GW CQWW SSB Score:

[Swanson, Glenn, KB1GW]

  KB1GW    33 hours    595,161    669        1809              77     252 

>CALL      HOURS     SCORE    QSOs     QSO PTS     Z     C

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Here is some additional information:

KB1GW / SO / HP / no packet

Equipment:
Radio: Kenwood TS-850S
Amp: Amp Supply LK-450 no-tune (single 3-500Z)
Software: CT 9.27
10/15/20: A3S at 35'
40: 2-el. phased array (elevated radials), fixed to Europe.
40: Inverted V (for Caribbean and N.A./S.A.).
80: 1/4-wave (ground-mounted) vert.
160: 1/4-wave inverted L.

Comments:
Tough going for a smaller station: All S&P, S&P, S&P !!
No where to go but up! (If I could have gotten a run going
into Europe, I felt I could have broken into 1-MEG land.)

Felt good about 40 meters with 57 countries on that band.
The 2-ele. wire phased array on 40 works pretty well, I think.
Worked using the array (fixed at 50-degrees to Europe):
VK3AJJ at 12:20z    KH7FKG at 12:42z    ZS4TI at 04:23z
and into Europe and the Caribbean at night, of course.

Need to improve the 80-meter antenna, and get a bigger,
taller tri-bander... Better propagation (and better scores) to come!

KB1GW Band-by-band info:

BAND    Qs   Zs   Ctys

160        27      4    11    
 80         34      9    18
 40       114    19    57
 20       229    22    80
 15       231    18    75
 10         34      5     11
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              669   77   252

 Thank goodness for LUs (and PUs) on 15 meters!
 Found quite a few African stations on 15 too.
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KB1GW continental breakdown:

North America = 22.9 percent
South America = 20.7 percent
Europe = 48.6 percent
Asia = 0.6 percent
Africa = 6.8 percent
Oceania = 0.4 percent

          Vry 73,
          Glenn, KB1GW


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