[3830] VE6SV - ARRL DX SSB 1998 - M2

[Gord Kosmenko]

                ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1998


      Call: VE6SV                    Country:  Canada
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Two

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES       ANTENNAS

      160       11       30   2.7        6        Inverted Vee @ 135'
       80       47      141   3.0       28        Inverted Vee at 135'/4 -Square
       40      128      375   2.9       57        2el Yagi @ 145'
       20     1491     4449   3.0      108        Stack 5el @ 135'/85'
       15      730     2190   3.0       80        6el Yagi @ 85'
       10       88      252   2.9       20        5el Yagi @ 90' 
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     Totals   2495     7437   3.0      299  =   2,223,663


Operator List: VE6SV,VE6AQE,VE5FN,VE6VW,VE6FW,VE6NAP
    
Note: Sunday saw only VE6SV & VE6AQE

Whow, what a difference in prop this year! Weekend saw a K = 1 to 0.
A very big thanks to my operators, as usual they did  great job.
Sunday, myself and Andy held down the two operating positions as the
others headed for a great flea market and dinner at the Eagle Hills
ARC general meeting.

This was a first for the VE6SV team in a Multi-Two category. Doing
a M/S for years, it took us awhile to get our heads around the fact
we needed to have "both" stations going hard. We kept slipping into
a M/S mindset!

All hardware worked fine business, a nothing broke effort. We did
encounter some bottlenecks regarding available antenna selection
from the two operating positions. This will be solved this summer
with additional antennas, separate feedlines and more in-depth
antenna switching networks.

It was great to see 20-15 very much alive, after five years of drought
under the declining sunspot cycle. Eu and Ja runs were a treat !
During our run sessions we were also treated to the following rare
DX call-ins; 9J2FR,7Q7JL,9X0A,5N7YZC,9M6BG,5R8FV,8Q7BE,EM1HO (80M)
             TM1C(80M)

Again it was great, see ya all in CQ WW WPX SSB.

73 de Gord VE6SV

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