[3830] CQ WW SSB - OK1RI - SO/AB/HP/Unassisted

[Jiri Sanda]

CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1998


      Call: OK1RI                    Country:  Czech Republic
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Single Operator


BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES
      160      178      204     1.15     10      47
       80      313      453     1.45     12      58
       40      789     1785     2.26     26      97
       20     1142     2615     2.29     34     108
       15     1068     2701     2.53     34     109
       10      352      795     2.26     29      88
     ---------------------------------------------------
     Totals   3842     8553     2.23    145     507  =>  5,576,556

                                  160	80	40	20	15	10	ALL	percent
North America   SSB     6	58	365	535	493	77	1534	39.9
South America   SSB    0	1	22	43	26	88	180	4.7
Europe          SSB     164	242	290	403	250	129	1478	38.5
Asia            SSB           3	6	100	136	260	29	534	13.9
Africa          SSB           5	6	6	13	20	23	73	1.9
Oceania         SSB        0	0	6	12	19	6	43	1.1

The propagation was not too good, very poor to JA - which gives a big benefit to western-Europeans. It is like if you are in Ohio and want to compete with guys in Mass or SC. It is nonsense.

As a matter of fact after many hundred thousands of contest QSOs, it is first time in my life I have run CQ WW SO - All bands. It is curious but in early 70s I had no antennas to be on all bands so I was single banding, late 70s and complete 80s we were always M/S as OK5R and in 90s there was always antenna for one important band down so I was single banding. Actually to single band has its benefits since you have better feeling of the utilization of the time and band. Here I had all the time the feeling I am doing something wrong. When I was on 15 I had the feeling I should be on 10 or 20. When I was digging out the mults on 80 I felt that to run pileup on 40 would be better etc.

73 !

Jiri Sanda

OK1RI


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