[3830] WS1A 98 WPX SSB SO/AB/LP

[Robert Hummel]

                  CQ WORLD WIDE SSB PREFIX CONTEST -- 1998


      Call: WS1A                     
      Country:  United States
      Mode: SSB              
      Category: Single Operator, AB, LP, unassisted

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/Q PREFIXES

      160        5       12   2.4        3
       80       61      108   1.8       37
       40       69      374   5.4       41
       20      390      954   2.4      220
       15      320      864   2.7      132
       10       94      269   2.9       41
     --------------------------------------

     Totals    939     2581   2.7      474  =   1,223,394 (raw)

Equipment Description:

10,15,20: Old unidentified tribander at 50' on top of house
40,80   : Old wilson trap dipole at 40'
160     : Center-fed longwire at 40'

Soap:

Started out with an EMS rescue call at 5AM -- no sleeping late.
Then later that day, found that not one of my wire antennas was
working and the rotor jammed on my beam! Spent the whole day
climbing, throwing rope, pulling wires, etc. By the time my xyl
and I were done, everything was working with a pretty good swr.

Prop not very good on friday night, but 15m was hot on saturday.
Heard far fewer than usual US stations looking for my prefix.
(Good -- that's means I'll have that many fewer US QSLs with no
SASE to underwrite.)

This summer will finally get my towers up. Look out K4ZAM and the
rest of you guys -- I'm coming after you.

Robert L. Hummel (WS1A)
rhummel at cheshire.net


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