[3830] K8ND, Stew Perry SOHP

[Jeffrey Maass]

                   1998 W1BB 160M DISTANCE CHALLENGE
 
     Call used: K8ND                              Location: EN80
     Category: Single Op, High Power                 Power: 1500
     Callsign of Operator: K8ND
 
     Exchanged Information: K8ND EN80
 
     Hours of Operation: 09:59
 
               QSOs     points
     TOTAL      301        900   =  900
 
 
 
     Comments:

     FT-1000MP, Alpha 91b, Inv-L (40-feet vertical), four "shorty" 
       300-foot 2-wire Beverages (8 directions).
 
     Ugh. Big difference from last year!

     "He who fails to study the results of the past is doomed to 
     repeat them."

     When it came to maximizing score, high-power was a mistake, and
     one that few others made. Conditions lousy. Only my second 
     contest of 1998, haven't spent much time on the band yet this 
     season, and my brain said "Sleep, stupid" after ten hours of 
     slogging.

     Heard more DX than I could get to hear me, including DL1YD, 
     EA6ACC, and IV3PRK. Called them in the clear, with no responses.
     It was nice getting called by YV1NX (even without the grid), 
     and nice to see that I hadn't completely wasted my time putting 
     up the North-South 2-wire Beverage.
 

Jeff Maass  jmaass at freenet.columbus.oh.us    http://www.netexp.net/~jmaass
USPSA/IPSC # L-1192  NROI/CRO   Amateur Radio K8ND     NW of Columbus Ohio
"Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do."
                                              - Bertrand Russell



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