[3830] IARU Contest ZL1ANJ (long)

Martin Ellis jmellis at ihug.co.nz
Mon Jul 14 17:11:23 EDT 1997


Summary Sheet
IARU HF Championship
July 12-13,   1997

      Call: ZL1ANJ                   Country:  New Zealand
      Mode: SSB only                 Category: Single Operator
      Hours: 11 hrs		     ITU Zone: 60	                 
      Power:  400W pep.
        
     BAND      QSO   QSO-PTS   PTS/Q    ZONES  HQ STNS

      160        0        0     0.00      0      0
       80       57      255     4.47     15      3
       40       77      333     4.32     16      5
       20      451     2145     4.76     32     12
       15        1        5     5.00      1      0
       10        0        0     0.00      0      0
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals    586     2738     4.67     64     20

                 Score: 229,992 points


All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.

Equipment Description:
TS940, SB1000, Triband yagi, 40m loop, dipole.

Club Affiliation: NZART

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.

                      Martin Ellis ZL1ANJ
  Signature _________________________________ 





                           Continent Statistics
             ZL1ANJ        Single Operator    12-13 Jul 1997.


                 160   80   40   20   15   10  ALL   percent
     SSB       
North America      0   38   53  374    0    0  465    79.4
South America      0    9    4    5    0    0   18     3.1
Europe             0    0    4   21    0    0   25     4.3
Asia               0    3    2   20    1    0   26     4.4
Africa             0    0    0    2    0    0    2     0.3
Oceania            0    7   14   29    0    0   50     8.5
                  ----------------------------------------
                   0   57   77  451    1    0  586


Stories:
The contest was held with the solar flux at an all-time low of
SFI 68-A0-K0, and in the New Zeakand winter, when ionisation 
is at a low point.  This is the first contest in 10 years,
when I have been unable to work NA on 15m.

Fortunately static was low- contacts on 80 and 40m were 
good to NA, but surprisingly difficult to JA.
The contest started at local midnight, and activity was sparse,
so I took a rest period at 0200z.
Started again at 2000z, too late for 40m, so struggled along on 20m.
At 0000z the contest was half over with only 51 entries in the log.

QSO run rate for the next 12 hours:

Hour	80	40	20	Total	Cumul

01z			 3	 3	 54
02			 8	 8 	 62	
03			42      42	104
04		       111     111	215
05		       110     110	325
06			96	96	421	
07			52	52	473
08			21	21	494	
09	14	21		35	529
10		27		27	556
11	 6	 9		15	571
12	15			15	586

20m came alive between 0230z and 0700z with a strong peak
to NA.  For the rest of the contest it was a struggle
to reach double figures each hour.  The usual JA runs
did not happen, and there were no good openings to EU.

So thanks to the W and VE stations who made it worthwhile,
and glad to give out zone 60 to those who needed it.

Pleased to work 20 HQ stations-  Highlights were working 
both W1AW/7 and NU1AW (operating from K1ZZ) on the
80, 40 and 20m bands.

Regards,
Martin ZL1ANJ

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