[3830] CQWW SSB W3EEE SOAB Assisted

[Steve Dove]

                  CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1999

      Call: W3EEE                  Country:  United States
      Mode: SSB      Zone: 5       Category: Single Op Assisted


 BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES

 160       24       45     1.88      8      19   inv-L
  80       59      149     2.53     11      48   vert, dip @ 70
  40      104      286     2.75     20      72   402CD @ 80
  20      294      831     2.83     34     121   5 @ 70, 3 @ 40
  15     1379     4048     2.94     34     122   3 @ 90, 4 @ 45
  10     1035     3013     2.91     31     127   4 @ 85, 4 @ 50
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Totals   2895     8372     2.89    138     509  =>   5,416,684


All reports sent were "fie-nie-fie", unless otherwise noted.

Equipment Description:  IC-756 / AL1500

Club Affiliation:    F r a n k f o r d  R a d i o  C l u b

This is to certify that phone contests truly suck and, yes, OK,
OK, the near-dxpedition-type run-rates on 10m were fun but the
rest of this one was the usual miserable slog.

A huge thanks once again to Dale, N3BNA, for the loan of his
ever-improving station.  A true champ and a gent.

Obviously really Bad Karma in the amplifier department.  I
managed to kill no fewer than THREE of them the first evening;
faced with no real alternative and nothing better to do in the
middle of the night (sleep is for sissies, right?) I set about
fixing the one that hadn't geysered smoke (Titan) or issued
excruciating noises (Commander).  That effectively did in the
two-radio scene too, but then "real men only use one radio".
Uh-huh.  If you insist, sunbeam.

Thank you for all the contacts!

               Steve Dove  W3EEE
               P.O. Box 73
               Elm, PA 17521

Now, um, Dale, um, about your nice shiny Commander . . .





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