[3830] KK7GW WPX semi-effort

[David Jones]

                              CQ WPX SUMMARY SHEET


    Contest Dates : 28-Mar-98, 29-Mar-98


    Callsign Used : KK7GW
         Operator : KK7GW

         Category : Single Operator/Rookie

 Default Exchange : 59 #

             Name : David Jones
          Address : 11427 110th AVE NE
   City/State/Zip : Kirkland, Washington 98033
          Country : United States


        Team/Club : Western Washington DX Club (First contest as a 
member!)


   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Prefixes   
 _____________________________________________________

   40SSB       7           7         28        3 
   20SSB      38          38         39       35 
   15SSB      44          44         29       39 
 _____________________________________________________

 Totals       89          89         96       77 

Something like 57 or 58 0-pointers...about all I could work.
    Final Score = 7392 points.
    Hours of operation: 7.5 (using the 60 minute break rule...probably 
about 10)
    Power=100 watts
    Eqipment: TS-530, Heil headset w/HC4, dipole cut for 40m @30-35 feet 
(V config, and up from the previous 22 feet)

Comments: Well, where to begin.  I thought the weekend was gone after 
seeing the antenna on the ground.  Saturday morning I found a nail on 
the house that I could hook the downed end of the dipole on and got the 
thing up.  It's in a weird "V" shape, not Inverted-Vee, but V. 
Either my antenna's worse than before (probably) or conditions were 
really bad/weird.  15 didn't open at all to EU, and barely to Asia, 
while 20 had an interesting opening at 9pm local (0500z) to Asia/Pacific 
that I've never heard before.

It sounded like conditions were disturbed...much more flutter than 
usual.  Once I get my 20 dipole up I might actually have a decent signal 
there.  Thanks to the few people that could hear me and stuck with my 1 
VFO 40 split operation.

Glad I could get on and hand out the KK7 prefix...sounded like it was me 
and one other KK7 on.  I got lots of "Thanks for the mult" responses.  
My last year of Rookie status (was licensed as a Tech+ in Feb '95), and 
I can't make an all out effort.  Oh well.

CU for CW, unless my baseball team does really well in the city's annual 
Memorial weekend Tournament.

73

David Jones, KK7GW   
kk7gw at hotmail.com


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