[3830] N3BB CQWW SSB

Jim George, N3BB N3BB at easy.com
Sun Nov 8 15:28:06 EST 1998


 This will be a short version of the usual writeup.  After completing a
nice long summary, somehow I managed to lose it all when the system froze
up.  Rats!

10 and 15 were terrific to JA.  The first two hours were two 150s, and
there were 305 QSOs in the log to JA/Asia at 02Z.  Running 40 split was
good to JA/Asia in the mornings, and 10/15 were runnable to Europe on
Saturday, but not Sunday.  I had nearly 2100 QSOs in the log at 1230Z on
Sunday morning, but the final crunch time to Europe was pretty much a
grind.  Half of all the QSOs were JA.  Thank god, there seems to be a
special relationship with Zone 25 from here.

I will retype a little story about the last ten minutes of the contest.
Usually, the final hours from Texas are pretty grinding, with S&Ping to
South America and Africa while trying to squeeze out a few more JAs on the
high bands.  This time, at 2350, VK8AN called in on the 10 meter run to JA,
with Zone 29.  We moved to 15 for another Zone 29 mult there.  Then trying
20, where I didn't even have a VK at all, there was no propagation at all
to VK8.  But after a plea for last minute help, C6A/KI6T and EI5DI both
called me on that frequency for two more new mults on 20.  With the clock
at 2359, I issued one last plea to the contest gods, asking for "anyone in
Australia to give me a hand."  At precisely 2359:15, VK6WR called in LP
over Europe with an S9 signal and said "sure, mate, what doya need?"  Wow!
What a way to end with the double mult.  We chatted about what a pleasant
ending it was for ten minutes while the equipment cooled down.  A great
ending-the best ever for me.  I really enjoyed the SSB contest, and the
bands were quite good for most of the weekend.  The goal always is to make
the top ten from here.  Who knows, maybe this will be the year.
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1998


      Call: N3BB                     Country:  United States
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Single Unlimited

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160       18       36     2.00      6      13
       80       48      114     2.38     16      29
       40      409     1188     2.90     23      59
       20      180      485     2.69     31      87
       15     1130     3135     2.77     33     105
       10      707     1874     2.65     32      84
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals   2492     6832     2.74    141     377  =>  3,538,976



All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.

Equipment Description:



Club Affiliation: Central Texas DX & Contest Club

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.


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               JK George Jr.  N3BB
               14721 Bear Creek Pass
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BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  N3BB  CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST  Single Unlimited

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT

   0    .....    .....    .....    .....   120/13    29/5    149/18  149/18
   1      .        .        .        .     156/4       .     156/4   305/22
   2      .        .       9/7      2/2     53/4      3/1     67/14  372/36
   3      .        .      12/8     32/26      .        .      44/34  416/70
   4     8/7      8/6     15/7       .        .        .      31/20  447/90
   5     2/2     15/12      .        .        .        .      17/14  464/104
   6     3/2       .       9/6       .        .        .      12/8   476/112
   7      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    476/112
   8    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....  476/112
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    476/112
  10      .        .      35/7       .        .        .      35/7   511/119
  11      .        .      71/1       .        .        .      71/1   582/120
  12      .       2/2     40/4      9/6       .        .      51/12  633/132
  13      .        .        .       1/1     43/20    26/12    70/33  703/165
  14      .        .        .       7/4      7/1     61/8     75/13  778/178
  15      .        .        .       1/1     64/11    11/3     76/15  854/193
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....    42/2     20/14    62/16  916/209
  17      .        .        .        .        .      45/18    45/18  961/227
  18      .        .        .        .      38/19     8/2     46/21 1007/248
  19      .        .        .      20/10    13/4      8/2     41/16 1048/264
  20      .        .        .        .        .      51/6     51/6  1099/270
  21      .        .        .        .      42/3     30/1     72/4  1171/274
  22      .        .        .        .        .     139/4    139/4  1310/278
  23      .        .        .        .        .     142/2    142/2  1452/280
   0    .....    .....    .....     1/1     76/3     25/0    102/4  1554/284
   1      .        .        .        .     132/4       .     132/4  1686/288
   2      .        .        .       8/3     39/1       .      47/4  1733/292
   3      .       3/1     13/11    16/7       .        .      32/19 1765/311
   4     2/0       .       7/5      2/1       .        .      11/6  1776/317
   5     2/2     12/6      3/2      3/2       .        .      20/12 1796/329
   6      .       1/1       .        .        .        .       1/1  1797/330
   7      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1797/330
   8    .....     3/1     .....    .....    .....    .....     3/1  1800/331
   9     1/1       .      57/3       .        .        .      58/4  1858/335
  10      .       1/1     70/1       .        .        .      71/2  1929/337
  11      .       3/1     33/0       .        .        .      36/1  1965/338
  12      .        .      35/0     15/9       .        .      50/9  2015/347
  13      .        .        .       8/4     40/2       .      48/6  2063/353
  14      .        .        .       3/1     56/7      1/0     60/8  2123/361
  15      .        .        .       3/2     61/0       .      64/2  2187/363
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....    10/1     24/6     34/7  2221/370
  17      .        .        .        .      19/1     10/1     29/2  2250/372
  18      .        .        .       9/1       .      19/2     28/3  2278/375
  19      .        .        .       3/0     15/3     13/0     31/3  2309/378
  20      .        .        .       7/3     11/2     13/0     31/5  2340/383
  21      .        .        .       6/1     47/4       .      53/5  2393/388
  22      .        .        .       7/1     38/0       .      45/1  2438/389
  23      .        .        .      17/5      8/1     29/1     54/7  2492/396
DAY1    13/11    25/20   191/40    72/50   578/81   573/78    ..... 1452/280
DAY2     5/3     23/11   218/22   108/41   552/29   134/10      .   1040/116
TOT     18/14    48/31   409/62   180/91 1130/110   707/88      .   2492/396






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