[3830] KP4Y ARRL CW SOLP

[kp4zl578]

ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST

CALL:KP4Y

COUNTRY:PUERTO RICO   

CATEGORY:SINGLE OPERATOR/LOW POWER

        VALID QSO'S    W/VE MULT.   
160             0                    0
80               0                    0
40              21                  14
20              540                 52
15              402                 49
10              774                 50   
TOTAL        1737              165        -------->SCORE = 859,815

EQUIPMENT:
RIG->KENWOOD TS450S
ANT->R-5 VERTICAL AND DIPOLE

FIRST EXCUSES:
1-UNIVERSITY!
2-UNIVERSITY!
3-RF!

AFTER LAST YEAR'S KP3P(M-2 CHAMP'S) WE AND OTHER FOUND OURSELVES WITHOUT STATION
 TO DEFEND OUR TITLE(KP3P WAS DESTROYED BY HURRICANE GEORGE)SO I DECIDE TO TRY
KP4Y at KP4Y HI HI.AS ALWAYS UNIVERSITY INTERRUPTED ANY PLANS TO RAISE THE BEAMS I HAVE
 HAD DOWN SINCE GEORGE,TWO DAYS BEFORE I TRY TO RAISE AT LEAST THE A-4 BUT WAS TOO
 HEAVY FOR ME ALONE(I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SOME BEERS AND PIZZA IN THE REFRIGERATOR!)
SO I DECIDE TO GO ALONE WITH THE VERTICAL R-5 PLUS A DIPOLE I BUILT WITH OPEN LINE.THE
CONTEST STARTED AND I WAS IN THE CELLING DEALING WITH THE DIPOLE, ENDING WITHOUT BEING
RAISE THAT NIGHT SO I START THE CONTEST AT ABT. 0130 WITH JUST A R-5 VERTICAL.THE FIRST HOUR
 WAS SOMETHING OVER 130QSO'S AND THE SECOND WAS MY BEST ON THE CONTEST WITH 158QSO'S.
THAT NIGHT I GO TO SLEEP EARLY(NO 40M OR 80M ANT).THE SECOND DAY I PUT THE DIPOLE BUT
THE OPEN LINE INSIDE THE SHACK BRING MR. RF MURPHY TO THE CONTEST TRYING TO MAKE A
M-2 WITH ME SO THAT NIGHT ALSO SLEPT MY 8 HRS HI HI.FROM THAT MOMENT EVERYTHING TURNED
 INTO A DISASTER I TRY TO ADJUST THE GROUND LINES BUT IT WAS WORST AND 15M STARTED TO GIVE
 PROBLEMS ,SO I SPENT THE CONTEST WITH COMPUTER SHUTDOWNS,KEYING PROBLEMS,MONITOR
PROBLEMS AND RUNNING WITH A DVM TRYING TO FIX THE MESS I DID WITH THE GROUND LINES.
WHATEVER I SPENT A GREAT TIME AND I THINK THIS IS TURNING TO BE MY FAVORITE CONTEST.
CONGARTS TO THE REAL OPERATORS AND THE BIG SCORES SPECIALLY THE WP3R(KE3Q?) GROUP
 WHO BROKE LAST YEAR M-2 NUMBER.


           73,ROBERT, KP4Y

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