[3830] CQWW SSB PJ7/K7ZUM SOAB HP

[k7zum at pacifier.com]

                     CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
                    
Call: PJ7/K7ZUM
Operator(s): K7ZUM
Station: 

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: SINT MAARTEN
Operating Time (hrs): 42
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Zones  Countries
-------------------------------
  160:                     
   80:    261     12     24
   40:    334     15     35
   20:    638     18     65
   15:   1642     33    105
   10:   2089     32     96
-------------------------------
Total:   4964    110    325  =  5,246,100

Club/Team: Willamette valley D.X. club

Comments:

this was my fourth year operating from the carribeans, and has been the case 
in the past, it was just an absolute ball again this year !
thanks to everyone who worked me, enjoyed all of the q's !
some of the highlights of the test and getting to the island this year were,
1. watching my carry on bag go through the X-ray machines and watching the
look on the faces of the person operating the X-ray machines, looking at 
what was in the bag, looking up at me, looking at the bag again, looking at
me with a very puzzled look, grabbing the bag, opening it up, grabbing the 
pair of 3-500Z's out of the bag and wondering what they were !!  Answer was 
easy, there were transmitting tubes for a piece of federal communications
equipment !!  no problem !!

2. Best rates,and the most fun was the last five hours of the test, rates
never went below 225, stayed between 225 and 275 for the entire time !
was awsome ! and fun !

3. biggest pileup, was showing up on 20 mtrs at 2300Z sunday afternoon !
In the past 14 yrs of contesting, I had thought I had been in some big 
pileups, this one took the cake ! I made one c.q. call, and it seemed like
the entire contesting community opened up on me ! was truly something to 
hear on my end ! After that experience, I now truly understand what if 
feels like to be "fresh meat" in a small pond with some very hungry 
piranha's !!!

4. equipment this year was limited as was not sure about taking so 
much with me this year, 
Omni 6 plus
Ten-Tec Centurion amp with some old worn out 3-500Z's !
old 486 laptop
and all 4,964 Q's were made on a single 5 band butternut vertical
with about a dozen or so radials laid out on the ground 

73... Ken..... PJ7/K7ZUM...... CANT WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR !





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