[3830] WP2Z WPX CW SOABLP

[Anders Larsson]

                              CQ WPX CW CONTEST 1997


Call : WP2Z
QTH: St Croix, US Virgin Islands
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Operator  : SM4CNN/DF3IAL

Category : SO/AB/LP

 Anders Larsson  SM4CNN/DF3IAL		E-mail: DF3IAL at AOL.COM
 Riedhalsstrasse 10				
 D-60437 Frankfurt
 Germany



BAND             QSOs      Points   Prefixes   				Operating time: 36 hours
 _____________________________________________________

   80CW               35        168       12 
   40CW              663       3476      265 
   20CW             1356       3640      343 
   15CW              996       2680      186 
   10CW                3          6        0 
 _____________________________________________________

 Totals             3053       9970      806    			
 _____________________________________________________

   
    Final Score = 8035820 points.


I went to US Virgin Islands, St Croix for a combined vacation together with my 
wife and contest operation. (Yes, it can be done!) Larry, KE2VB let me use his 
equipment and the call WP2Z. THANKS Larry!
 
After 37 years of Amateur Radio but no serious contesting the last 20 years I 
realized I had to learn a few new tricks like computer logging/keying, 
transceiver interface  etc. Tree supplied me the N6TR program which worked 
perfectly (ver 6.01). It was really exciting to watch the top left corner how 
the score developed and the importance of new mults. Not having to worry about 
noting band changes was also a plus.

Operating from Windwood on top of the island St Croix was very different to 
what I have experienced here in Europe and also in Africa as ZS6BNF, 7P8AH, 
A2CNN and ZS6BNF/3D6. Except for static noise there was absolutely  no man 
made noise. The view from this QTH is fantastic all around and keeps your 
spirits high during the contest.

Conditions were very good to Europe. Wherever I pointed the antenna and at 
almost any time of the day there were Europeans coming through. There were 
good openings to Japan on 20m in the early mornings. But where were the US 
stations?


Equipment: 	FT-1000
  		Force 12 model C4 (10-40)
		Sloper NE (80)

A tip: To eliminate the problems with noise from the switching power supply in 
my Compaq Laptop I ran it on 12V and it was dead quiet. 


Some statistics:
Continent List:

                 160    80    40    20    15    10    ALL
                 ---    --    --    --    --    --    ---
  USA       =      0    15   210   385   277     3    890
  VE        =      0     3    19    29    26     0     77
  N.A.rest  =      0     3    18    12     4     0     37
  S.A.      =      0     2    10    14    23     0     49
  Europe    =      0    11   382   694   648     0   1735  (Germany 280)
  Africa    =      0     1     6     6     5     0     18
  Asia      =      0     0    12    34     8     0     54
  Japan     =      0     0     3   181     0     0    184
  Oceania   =      0     0     3     4     2     0      9

  Total     =      0    35   663  1359   993     3   3053


73 

Andy


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