[3830] ARRLDX CW AA1K SOAB HP
jon.zaimes@dol.net
jon.zaimes@dol.net
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:09:40 -0500 (EST)
ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: AA1K
Operator(s): AA1K
Station: AA1K
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: DELAWARE
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 56 35
80: 261 56
40: 637 71
20: 1024 86
15: 1023 97
10: 1076 87
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Total: 4077 432 = 5,283,792
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
Great propagation, a real fun weekend. Everything worked -- no downtime for
repairs! Had planned a 90-minute nap the second night but the rates were too
good to stop and just kept going. Hallucinations didn't start till Sunday
afternoon. In my mind 40 meters somehow became three-dimensional. I thought I
hadn't made any QSOs for hours at one point but the log showed otherwise.
This was SO-JWR class (Just One Radio). Extra radio would have helped with the
mults.
First time over 4K QSOs in a contest. Had 17 hours over 100 rate. Best was
196/hour at 12z first day, part 15m but mostly 10m.
Went up to make a check for Pacific mults on 21 mHz at 0730z the first night
and found the band wide open to Europe. Stayed for an hour of 100+ rate.
EY8MM called in on 80m half hour after his sunrise with loud signal; moved him
to 40m and he was much weaker there. Heard YA5T with warbly signal working
someone S&P on 15m around 0330z, dropped a quick "up 1" on freq. and he moved
up to give me a new mult.
Used my pre-contest "nap time" to finish wiring up the 15m stack relay box,
which played nicely. Lots of antenna/tower building here the past year, with
addition of third 100-ft tower for the 15m stack. Details:
Rig: FT1000MP, Heil ProSet headphones, NA Logging program on 486-DX66 computer,
TopTen decoder box, MFJ Grandmaster keyer. Single-band homebrew amps (160,
4-1000 GG; 80, 4-400 pair GG; 40, 20, 15 each pair 4-400 grid driven; 10,
4-1000 GG).
Antennas
Tower 1 and 3 are Rohn 25; Tower 2 is Rohn 45.
160: (Tower 1) 100-ft series fed Rohn 25 over hundreds of radials. Partially
completed 3-el. Parasitic array, working only toward Eu.
80: Inverted Vee with apex at 90 feet, erected just 10 days before contest on
Tower 3 (with 15m stack).
40: 3-el HyGain Explorer at 82 feet, on fixed on Europe, on Tower 2. Wire 1/4
wave vertical hung from Tower 1 over the 160m radial field.
20: 4-over-4 stack of HyGain 204BA 4-el yagis. Upper at 100 feet, lower at 70
feet, on Tower 2. Upper on T2X rotor, lower fixed on Europe.
15: 4-over-4 stack of Wilson 415M 4-el yagis (17 ft booms). Upper at 100 feet,
lower fixed on Europe on Tower 3. Upper on Ham 4 rotor, lower fixed on Europe.
10: 5-el. HyGain 105BA modified to W3XU dimensions, side-mounted at 55 feet on
Tower 2, on T2X rotor. 5-el. homebrew yagi, 26-ft boom, fixed due South, hung
at 18 feet on pine tree.
QSO breakdown:
UTC 160 80 40 20 15 10 rate total
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00Z 0 0 116 0 0 0 116 116
01Z 0 0 94 0 0 0 94 210
02Z 13 31 16 0 0 0 60 270
03Z 1 46 1 17 15 0 80 350
04Z 0 0 0 102 0 0 102 452
05Z 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 566
06Z 3 21 0 39 0 0 63 629
07Z 0 4 29 0 67 0 100 729
08Z 0 0 0 49 60 0 109 838
09Z 0 0 0 162 0 0 162 1000
10Z 0 0 0 135 0 0 135 1135
11Z 0 0 0 17 137 0 154 1289
12Z 0 0 0 0 24 172 196 1485
13Z 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 1639
14Z 0 0 0 0 0 129 129 1768
15Z 0 0 0 0 0 120 120 1888
16Z 0 0 0 0 0 116 116 2004
17Z 0 0 0 0 59 47 106 2110
18Z 0 0 0 0 125 0 125 2235
19Z 0 0 0 0 109 0 109 2344
20Z 0 0 0 39 53 4 96 2440
21Z 0 0 54 63 0 0 117 2557
22Z 0 0 28 0 24 10 62 2619
23Z 0 0 40 0 0 30 70 2689
00Z 0 0 0 0 23 40 63 2752
01Z 0 9 0 35 5 0 49 2801
02Z 17 36 0 0 0 0 53 2854
03Z 1 0 0 0 70 0 71 2925
04Z 8 0 13 1 38 0 60 2985
05Z 1 86 0 0 0 0 87 3072
06Z 5 7 50 0 14 0 76 3148
07Z 0 1 93 0 0 0 94 3242
08Z 2 5 26 22 3 0 58 3300
09Z 1 1 0 80 2 0 84 3384
10Z 0 4 8 63 0 0 75 3459
11Z 2 1 3 4 53 6 69 3528
12Z 0 0 0 0 24 38 62 3590
13Z 0 0 0 0 2 78 80 3670
14Z 0 0 0 1 0 62 63 3733
15Z 0 0 0 0 1 48 49 3782
16Z 0 0 0 14 8 1 23 3805
17Z 0 0 0 0 44 0 44 3849
18Z 0 0 0 1 50 0 51 3900
19Z 0 0 0 54 0 0 54 3954
20Z 0 0 0 0 11 14 25 3979
21Z 0 0 46 0 0 0 46 4025
22Z 0 2 20 0 0 0 22 4047
23Z 2 7 0 12 2 7 30 4077
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tot 56 261 637 1024 1023 1076 ---- 4077
160 80 40 20 15 10 total
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N America: 15 16 12 17 18 19 97 (2%)
(15%) (16%) (12%) (17%) (18%) (19%)
S America: 1 7 8 15 19 25 75 (1%)
(1%) (9%) (10%) (20%) (25%) (33%)
Europe: 38 231 581 798 788 895 3331 (81%)
(1%) (6%) (17%) (23%) (23%) (26%)
Africa: 1 4 7 7 9 9 37 (0%)
(2%) (10%) (18%) (18%) (24%) (24%)
Asia: 0 1 26 177 183 123 510 (12%)
(5%) (34%) (35%) (24%)
Oceania: 1 2 3 10 6 5 27 (0%)
(3%) (7%) (11%) (37%) (22%) (18%)
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