[3830] SP-DX RTTY - ZC4DW - Contest Chronolog

Dez in Cyprus dez at cytanet.com.cy
Mon Apr 30 16:54:41 EDT 2001


SP-DX RTTY Contest by ZC4DW

Chronolog - All times zulu

1200	Started on 15m, band in good shape. 65 Q in the first hour
	and already worked 13/16 Polish Wojs on 15m.

1300	Had to move 5 KHz, LU stn CQ-ing on my freq. UP5P calls in
	and his serial number 10 more than mine.

1400	BD, China called and ZS6 for good African mult. This hour
	I QSY to check out 10m.

1500	10m started slow, but soon picked up some S.Americans and
	a nice run of SP's. UP5P now 33 Q ahead of me - this guy
	is serious. Score is 500,000 in 4 hrs.

1600	Reached 250 Q and everything ticking over nicely. 10m good
	to Europe, but no sign of USA. Score 750,000 in 5 hrs.

1700	Quick check back on 15m to find USA, but none found, so QSY
	20m for first time. Score now 1,000,000 in 6 hrs.

1800	20m very noisy - QRN, so kept checking 15m and picking out
	few S.Americans.

1900	20m QRN reduced, and a nice rate going. UP5P calls again and
	he's now 13 Q behind me. However, UW8I is 39 Q better than me.

2000	First USA stn, and big jump in score - continent mult. 
	Check out 40m, but that band has big QRN from jammer.

2100	Quick look on 80m, but band also noisy. Ahead of UP5P by 16 Q.
	My score has reached 3,000,000 in 10 hrs.

2200	40m now a little better. UP5P calls in for final time and
	he's only 4 Q behind me. It's a race to the finish now!

2300	Another check on 80m, QRN has died now. Score is 4,000,000 pts.

0000	500 QSO, just after the half-way point.

0100	Rate getting slower. UR6F also means business, he's 4 Q ahead.
	QSY 20m, smart move, brought VK6 immediately for new continent.

0200	Only 7 Q this hour, and first sign I am feeling tired.

0300	QSY 15m earlier than I planned. Another good move, with YB and
	VK2 immediately. Score is 6,000,000 and I'm really tired.

0400	10m, 15m, 20m now open - possibilities everywhere!

0500	15m & 20m excellent with first ZL on 15m. I feel more awake.

0600	10m really buzz with Europe, and VK6GOM big signal. Lots of
	SP stations. Very good hour. Score up to 7,000,000

0700	Another good hour staying on 10m and moving occasional stns
	to 15m for band/mults where possible. Score is 8,500,000

0800	10m still good to EU. QSY'd GU0SUP onto 15m to bring score
	up to 9,000,000

0900	10m propagation almost died. Who pulled the plug?
	Seems like Sporadic-E. Wonder how UP5P, UR6F and UW8I are?	

1000	15m also dying, condx getting bad.  Mostly search and pounce
	but rate slowing badly.

1100	Checking 15m & 20m with s & p. Frantically calling CQ to narrowly
	reach 10,000,000 and 800 Q.

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