[3830] CQWW CW K5GO M/M HP

[Stan Stockton]

2000 CQ WW DX CONTEST - CW
Station:  K5GO
QTH:  Arkansas
 
Category: Multi-Multi       
Mode: CW               
Operators: N5OE, W0JOE, K0DEQ, N0EHW, KM5G, K5LG, K5ALU, N5DX, K5GO   
 
BAND    QSOs   POINTS    ZONES     COUNTRIES 
     ---------------------------------------
160       50       82       12       21 
 80      171      405       16       55 
 40      868     2456       33      120 
 20     1342     3734       38      141 
 15     1535     4374       39      144 
 10     1370     3929       39      150 
---------------------------------------
TOTAL   5336    14980      177      631         

SCORE: 12,103,840
 
Club: OZARK CONTEST CLUB
 
All of us worked on weekends to build a house and radio station where
one did not exist in order to get ready for our first effort in the
multi-multi category.  We are quite proud of the results from our first
effort.

Antennas:

160     90' shunt fed tower with 15M Yagi on top
80      Dipole at 120' and sloping dipole toward JA
40      2 Element Cushcraft at 120'
20      5 Element Yagi on 48' boom at 120'
15      5 Element Yagi on 38' boom at 90'
10      6 Element Yagi on 38' boom at 70'

The rotators got a pretty good workout, and we definitely need
more than one antenna per band (especially 20M where the signals seem to
come from every direction all the time).

Equipment:

Drake C Lines on 80 and 160 and Icom transceivers on 40-10.

Amplifiers - SB-220's, L-4B's, Kenwood Tl922A's, etc.  Had three
amplifier failures during the contest and one just before.
Coincidentally enough (?) all of the failures occurred while K5GO was
the operator! 
        
On 160, 80, and 10 meters we were at 1000W or less and, in general,
using amplifiers that are not designed for contest reliability.  We'll
have to improve this area.

Hope everyone had as much fun as all of us had.

Happy Holidays,

Stan, K5GO

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