[3830] CQWW CW N9RV SOAB HP

[pbarkey at bsu.edu]

                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: N9RV
Operator(s): N9RV
Station: N9RV

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   27    10       17
   80:  152    22       75
   40:  903    31      105
   20:  628    36      118
   15:  834    34      127
   10:  809    31      107
------------------------------
Total: 3353   164      549  Total Score = 6,779,204

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

IC-765 (2), Commander HF-2500, Alpha 87A

160:  1/4 wave wire vert, beverages
80:   4 square
40:   4 el OWA yagi @ 160', 2 el CC yagi @ 140'
20:   5/5/5 @ 170/115/57, 4 el Telrex yagi @ 70'
15:   5/5/5/5 @ 160/120/80/20, 5 el Telrex yagi @ 75'
10:   6/6/6 @ 100/66/33, 5 el Telrex yagi @ 80'

Very nice and very fun shakedown for the (hopefully) complete
station.  Now I just need to improve the stuff between my ears.

Very poor JA on Friday night with the disturbed conditions.
40 meters went very long here also.  Western EU was weak with
flutter at start, and there were many unanswered CQ's around
0200z.  But it came back very nicely.  :-)  20 finally produced
something on Sunday around 1700z here, when 10m got hollowed
out.  And the WW always produces a lot of UA9 activity, especially
on 40m.

I gave W9RE a bunch of tips on this contest, then proceeded to
not follow them myself.  Not sure what excuse I can come up with
for 160.  The band was quiet and conditions were much better than
my score would indicate.

It was fun working 80, but I couldn't CQ from here.  But now that
I've got the ground system for the verts done, at least people
don't ignore me on that band anymore.

I know I say this every year, but the activity in the WW is just
phenomenal.  Can't believe how many Africans were on.  When was the
last time you heard an S0 (<-- that's a zero) on CW?  Never heard
a z34, but you can be sure one was on.

One of the highlights (and lowlights) of the contest was at the
end.  Paid attention to a weak signal at about 2200z on 40m at the
end and was rewarded with an absolutely copy-able VU2WAP.  But
couldn't raise a peep out of him.  Rats.  Another came on 15m
when I heard HZ1AB working YI9OM.  Which one should I call?

Took a midnight walk out to the feedpoint of the 80m antenna late
Sat night to correct an intermittent.  Walking out of one's florescent
lighted room into the blackness of the night with no sleep makes
for an "interesting" experience.

This is also the first contest I can remember that had no (real)
3830 activity post-contest at all.  Just KC1XX and W3LPL exchanging
scores (as well as some other entertaining information).  So
congrats to the winners, whoever you may be.

  - Pat
    N9RV


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