[3830] CQWW CW W4ZV SOSB/10 HP

[btippett at alum.mit.edu]

                     CQ Worldwide DX Contest - CW
                    
Call: W4ZV
Operator(s): W4ZV
Station: W4ZV

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 30.5
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Zones  Countries
-------------------------------
  160:                     
   80:                     
   40:                     
   20:                     
   15:                     
   10:   2009     37    138
-------------------------------
Total:   2009     37    138  =  1,022,350

Club/Team: PVRC

Comments:

     Before the contest I made a goal which I pasted on my monitor:  2000
QSO's, 37 Zones, 140 Countries and 1 Million points.  I frankly wondered
whether I would even come close given the dire propagation forecasts Friday
afternoon!  I'm sure my score will be reduced to under 1 Million (~1% error
rate = 4% score reduction) but it sure felt good to hit that mark and break the
existing record.

     Mr.Murphy made his usual visits here too:

40 MPH wind-driven rain (and precipitation static!) for Saturday AM EU run
LK-800 Amplifier developed an arc at 1.5 KW...fortunately worked OK at 1.2 KW
Sticking external relay on WX0B (I thought that was the problem when the flare
hit at 1645 Sunday!)

Equipment:

FT-1000MP in K3ZO mode (2 kHz filters shifted using the DSP between my ears)
Amp Supply LK-800 at 1.2 KW (had an old backup Alpha 76PA just in case)
3 KLM 610's at 35/70/105 (YO7 optimized for +1 dB gain, +8 dB F/B, better SWR)
Stackmatch (worked perfectly but the optional external relay was sticking)
     (pictures at   http://www.arraysolutions.com/Users/w4zv.htm  )
486DX33/CT 9.53 (including 2 minute initial boot-up delay on CW sending!)

Continental breakdown:

                 160   80   40   20   15   10  ALL   percent    Comments

North America   CW    0    0    0    0    0  123  123     5.8   32 W's
South America   CW    0    0    0    0    0   73   73     3.4
Europe          CW    0    0    0    0    0 1418 1418    66.4
Asia            CW    0    0    0    0    0  460  460    21.5   400 JA's
Africa          CW    0    0    0    0    0   21   21     1.0
Oceania         CW    0    0    0    0    0   41   41     1.9

     Thanks to God for this wonderful universe He created and which we all
enjoyed this weekend.  Thanks to all for the QSO's and especially to my wife
Charlanne for her understanding in letting me do my thing this weekend
(fortunately our Wedding Anniversary falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving
this year...now we're off to the mountains to celebrate for a few days!)

                                                   73,  Bill  W4ZV



 


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