[3830] W7GG CQWW RTTY (REPOST)

[Bob Wruble]

      1997 CQ WW RTTY Contest

Call used: W7GG
Location:  OR

Entry Class: Single Op, All Band, HP/UN  

Band    QSOs   Pts   QTH    DX  Zones
80         88   111    31     8     9
40       224   393    42    33    25
20       559  1124   45    73    30
15       184   259    42    24    16
10           7    17      1      6     5
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Total   1062  1904   161   144    85

-Claimed Score: 742,560

Comments:  

In general I was once agn disapointed in cndx, had expected more give all the recent hype on 
cycle 23 and better SF etc.......Token 10m Qso's  15M not much
better DX wise.  When you don't hear a single JA on 15m from here in Oregon you know that DX cndx
not very good......especially when you hear others East and South  wking EU's  at will on 15m.

20M once agn the money band.....w/o 20m there would not be much to get up for !!  Expected 
more out of 40 especially to EU but no dice...pretty good JA count tho.......80M biggest disapointment.
No JA and very little other DX to boot.  Even short on states to wk as well.  My 80m amtenna system
my not be wking very well??  .

WY, VT, MT, SD and ND in short supply for me......1000+ qso's but none with these states.   Only
able to handle 33 hours due to lack of actionm......mebbe next year !  Did lose 2 hours to fix arcing 
loading caps in old Alpha ampl, tough fix.  Amps in that price range shud have Vac Variables......

After its all said and done I did do better than last year so gess I shud be happy with that !!  

Busted my butt to get two stns wking with WF!B netwk setup but ran out time at 2355Z after
getting every thing wking but the ntwk bwtn the two pc's......wud have been fun and made 
for more action if netwk had wked......I never have much getting pc crap sorted out especially 
when under time pressure......poor planning on my part.....did use second pc to constanly display 
Grayline SW so all was not lost.   

de Bob W7GG

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