[3830] KU6J WPX SSB SOAB TS HP Unassisted

[Eric June]

Call: KU6J
	
Category: Single Operator, All Band, Tribander/Single Element, High Power,
Unassisted

Location: Sacramento Valley Section, California, USA
               (Elevation 7100' atop the Sierras)

   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Prefixes   
 _____________________________________________________

   80SSB      49          49        100       17 
   40SSB     103         103        448       47 
   20SSB     230         228        480      149 
   15SSB     237         237        558      140 
   10SSB      85          83        207       47 
 _____________________________________________________

 Totals      704         700       1793      400 

Final Score = 717200 points.
Total Operating Time =  32 hr

Equipment Description:

FT-1000D, TL-922 
All-band 135' "stealth" Doublet @30'
TRLog v6.35

Comments:

All I can say is you CAN have fun with just a single, low, stealthy,
all-band wire antenna.  Conditions to Europe were great, and my European
QSOs exceeded my JA QSOs by more than a 2:1 margin.  That was a big
surprise, but certainly a pleasant one!

As for the prediction that WPX would become a "stateside QSO party" with
the new 1-point rule, only 33% of my QSOs were stateside, and these
amounted to only 13% of my total score.  I'm sure that stations with real
antennas will show an even smaller percentage.  I called everyone I could
hear without regard to where they were (at least 95% of my QSOs were S&P).

Goals for next year: Break 1 million mark, or move somewhere that allows
visible antennas!  :-)


73,

Eric June KU6J



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