[3830] N7IR Single Op QRP ARRL DX CW

[Gary Hembree]

ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1998

      Call: N7IR                     Country:  United States
      Mode: CW                       Category: Single Operator QRP

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES


      160       10       30   3.0        8
       80       37      111   3.0       17
       40      141      423   3.0       43
       20      194      582   3.0       59
       15      219      657   3.0       56
       10       43      129   3.0       23
     --------------------------------------

     Totals    644     1932   3.0      206  =   397,992


All reports sent were 599 AZ, unless otherwise noted.

Equipment Description:
Ten Tec 546C at 5 watts out; 486/120 running CT 9.10
Force 12 EF240/230 at 84'; Force 12 5BA at 73'
80 meter Delta Loop; Shunt-fed, top-loaded 88' tower for 160

Club Affiliation: Central Arizona DX Association

About 40 hours of op time.
Great conditions except for the horrible QRN on the low bands Saturday 
night.  All 160 and most 80 meter Q's were made Friday night!  Worked 
two JA's on 10 meters; first time in about 4 years.  Good JA runs on 
15 meters Saturday afternoon and on 40 meters Sunday morning.  Worked 
a good number of JA QRPers.  This was my third best score in this 
contest, despite the lack of world-wide 10 meter propagation.  The big 
aluminum pays off again!  The only major mistake I made was over- 
sleeping and missing an hour of the Sunday morning JA opening on 40.

73
Gary, N7IR
gary.hembree at asu.edu

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