[3830] N3RD WAE CW M/S

[Dave Hawes]

                 DARC WORKED ALL EUROPE CONTEST -- 1997


      Call: N3RD (at N3RS)           Country:  United States
      Mode: CW                       Category: Multi Single

     BAND     QSO   QTC    Cty   Mult

       80     217   213     35    140  EF-180C at 140'
       40     470   470     42    126  3 el at 145'
       20     886   886     46     92  5/5/5
       15     172   172     30     60  4/4/4
       10      14    14      7     14  4/4
      ================================================

    Totals   1759  1755    160    432 = 1,518,048

Operators:  N3RD, N3RS, W3UM

Equipment Description:
     Station #1:  FT-1000MP, Alpha 76PA
     Station #2:  IC-775DSP, Alpha 76PA

Club Affiliation: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

One day is NOT enough learning time before attempting to use an
FT-1000MP in a contest!  Everything worked, the solar indices
looked fair...where were the conditions?  For relatively low A/K,
15 was a disappointment, with many signals right at the noise
level.  Things being so slow, we never were in jeopardy with
excess QTCs.  80 meters was very quiet both nights.  40 seemed
normal.  20m produced an unexpected strong opening at about 06Z
on Saturday, but then the expected 12-14Z peak never occurred.
15m was a disappointment, but at least there was enough activity
to work a decent amount of multipliers.  10m displayed strange
late in the day openings on Saturday at 18Z and 20Z...nothing
on Sunday at all.

Thanks to Sig, N3RS for the use of his station, and to John, W3UM
for the Saturday night relief.

73 - Dave N3RD
n3rd at ix.netcom.com
http://www.QTH.com/topten

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