[3830] ARRLDX CW LT1F M/M HP
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Mon Mar 11 20:29:07 EST 2002
ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: LT1F
Operator(s): LU1AEE,LU1FAM,LU1FKR,LU1FT,LU5DX
Station: BAD POWER
Class: M/M HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
----------------------
160: 7 7
80: 77 30
40: 581 56
20: 760 57
15: 817 58
10: 1076 58
----------------------
Total: 3318 266 = 2,647,764
Club:
Comments:
Equipment:
Stat 1: Icom IC 775 DSP + Kenwood TL 922.
Stat 2: Icom IC 775 DSP + Drake L4B.
Stat 3: Icom IC 765 barefoot.
Antennas:
10: 6L @ 80 ft, 6L @ 40 ft, 6L @ 120 ft. (Not working
in stack)
15: 6L over 6L stack @ 90 & 45 ft respectively.
(upper/lower/both)
20: 4L el @ 120, 4L el@ 60 (upper/lower/both)
40: 3L el @ 120
80: log periodic dipole array aimed at EU
160: Slooper towards USA.
20-15-10: 7 L log periodic.
All antennas are JVP made by José, LU5FHM.
RX ant: 800 ft beverage beaming North.
Other Stuff: SixPack (great), Coax Stubs (Broadband
design), Dunestar RX bandpass filters.
Comments:
This time we decided to enter in the multi-Multi
category, which would have proved to be very fun
with propagation on our side, but with this
never-ending W/EU circus that old sol organizes,
the contest was tough. Our goal was in 6 K Qs area,
but I guess we need to wait at least one more
year to achieve it.
I arrived in Rosario on Friday; Lucas (LU1FAM) was
waiting for me at LT1F. We spent the afternoon
collecting pieces of wire to build a sloper for 1.8,
which was installed by "tower master"
Santiago LU1FT (Ex LU3FQG) and by our host Carlos
LU1FKR. The antenna was ready only after
Saturday midnight.
By the start of the contest we were on 20 and 40
meter, we did not want to spend a single minute
on the higher bands because the stations we would work
could easily be worked during daylight
hours on the next day. I guess we were dreaming about
this, because the propagation to the states
was the worst I have ever experienced from LU. 10 and
15 remained almost completely closed till
18 Z!!!! each day. Of course we were able to hear Ws,
but our CQ's would not produce any effect.
As you may see in the Rate sheet below the first night
seemed not to end. The rate was so low,
that we felt sleepy several times.
The strongest signals on 40 were (in order of S units
observed in my S meter): K3LR, W4AN, K1KI,
AA1K, W3PP, N3RS, W3LPL, K1AR, KC1XX. They were all
over 20 dbs over S9.
The biggest ears on 80 seem to belong to K3LR, who
also had a great signal on that band.
Top band biggest signal was VE1ZZ, amazing listening
capabilities too!
The rate was so bad that I took over six hundred notes
regarding propagation, signal levels, and
so on.
The first night when we went to 80, after a couples of
CQs, the antenna did not work anymore.
In the morning LU1FKR and LU3FQG went to LU5FHM's to
get a new balun ( which seemed to be the
problem), when the antenna was on the ground we
discovered that the coax connector was burnt. So
the antenna boys replaced it and we were ready to go
for some 80 action the second night.
The only 80 M antenna is a log periodic array, it is
aimed at Europe, but performs well enough
to have some fun with USA stations. To listen on that
band we used a 800 ft. beverage, that
sounded great. We were unable to hear stations in the
log periodic, but when LU1FAM switched
to the bev, all the 40 Db over S9 QRN caused by
lightning hits in the nearby
disappeared and signals were perfectly readable. A
total of 77 stations into 30 states were
worked on 3.5. There is room for improvement on the
low bands, and LU1FKR took notes about it.
Saturday afternoon started to provide some kind of
decent rate only after 18 UTC when we worked
167 stns on 10 M.
At the halfway mark 1774 Qs were in the log. Things
were not looking good.
Just for you to realize how bad the bands were here,
let me tell you that we worked only 3 QSOs
from 1000 to 1725 UTC on Sunday. The only Ws we heard
during that period were already worked, our
CQs did not work. So we just listened until the bands
opened a little bit.
Needless to say we ate a lot during this contest. I
guess anxiety was the reason.
Altough propagation was awful, we had three big pile
ups this time:
Hamburger, sat noon.
Pizza by LU1FKR, sat night.
Pizza by LU5DX, Sunday noon. (these ones cooked in a
mud oven). I don't know if you guys have
this kind of tool in the USA, they are great for
cooking things like turkey, chicken, and of
course PIZZA!!!.
Another nice weekend at LT1F. As usually, deep heart
thanks to LU1FKR,LU3FZW, LU5FHM and LU1FT
for their support and help.
73 to all.
LU1AEE, LU1FAM, LU5DX
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15
10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... 46/21 47/27 .....
..... 93/48 93/48
1 . . 45/10 38/9 .
. 83/19 176/67
2 . . 58/7 76/7 .
. 134/14 310/81
3 . . 69/4 46/2 .
. 115/6 425/87
4 . . 14/0 77/4 .
. 91/4 516/91
5 . . 60/4 30/1 .
. 90/5 606/96
6 . . 32/0 7/0 .
. 39/0 645/96
7 . . 36/3 14/1 .
. 50/4 695/100
8 ..... ..... 38/2 7/1 .....
..... 45/3 740/103
9 . . 23/2 . .
. 23/2 763/105
10 . . . . .
. . 763/105
11 . . . . .
4/4 4/4 767/109
12 . . . . .
12/7 12/7 779/116
13 . . . . 9/9
8/5 17/14 796/130
14 . . . . 4/4
18/9 22/13 818/143
15 . . . . 3/3
3/0 6/3 824/146
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
12/2 12/2 836/148
17 . . . . 4/3
66/10 70/13 906/161
18 . . . . .
167/12 167/12 1073/173
19 . . . . .
114/3 114/3 1187/176
20 . . . . 51/12
106/1 157/13 1344/189
21 . . . . 98/9
82/0 180/9 1524/198
22 . . . . 99/7
35/1 134/8 1658/206
23 . . . 48/3 68/0
. 116/3 1774/209
0 ..... ..... ..... 59/1 90/2
..... 149/3 1923/212
1 . . . 110/0 72/0
. 182/0 2105/212
2 . . . 85/1 49/2
. 134/3 2239/215
3 . 5/5 . 74/0 10/1
. 89/6 2328/221
4 . 9/5 22/0 1/0 .
. 32/5 2360/226
5 . 32/12 53/0 . .
. 85/12 2445/238
6 . 8/4 25/0 . .
. 33/4 2478/242
7 . 1/0 27/0 . .
. 28/0 2506/242
8 ..... 7/1 27/3 ..... .....
..... 34/4 2540/246
9 . 15/3 5/0 . .
. 20/3 2560/249
10 . . 1/0 . .
. 1/0 2561/249
11 . . . . .
. . 2561/249
12 . . . . .
. . 2561/249
13 . . . . 2/0
. 2/0 2563/249
14 . . . . .
. . 2563/249
15 . . . . .
. . 2563/249
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... 2563/249
17 . . . . 4/0
25/0 29/0 2592/249
18 . . . . 5/0
54/0 59/0 2651/249
19 . . . . 17/0
65/2 82/2 2733/251
20 . . . . 28/0
98/1 126/1 2859/252
21 . . . . 80/4
97/0 177/4 3036/256
22 . . . . 74/1
90/1 164/2 3200/258
23 7/7 . . 41/0 50/1
20/0 118/8 3318/266
DAY1 ..... ..... 421/53 390/55 336/47
627/54 ..... 1774/209
DAY2 7/7 77/30 160/3 370/2 481/11
449/4 . 1544/57
TOT 7/7 77/30 581/56 760/57 817/58
1076/58 . 3318/266
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