[3830] 3830 Digest, Vol 9, Issue 56

andreas wolf dh8wr at gmx.de
Sat Oct 18 13:02:21 EDT 2003



Today's Topics:

   1. CQ/RJ WW RTTY VE3NZ(@VE3NE) M/S HP
   2. CQ/RJ WW RTTY WA3AN SOAB(A) HP
   3. CQ/RJ WW RTTY VA7ST SOAB LP
   4. CQ/RJ WW RTTY PR7AR SOSB/20 LP
   5. CQ/RJ WW RTTY VE3XD SOAB LP
   6. CQ/RJ WW RTTY PR7AYE SOSB/15 LP
   7. TxQP WM5R Single Op LP
   8. CQ/RJ WW RTTY K4UTE SOAB HP
   9. CQ/RJ WW RTTY VE3NZ(@VE3NE) M/S HP (VE3NE)
  10. CQ/RJ WW RTTY PY4PW SOSB/10 LP
  11. CQ/RJ WW RTTY K7ZO SOSB/15 HP
  12. CQ/RJ WW RTTY K8AJS SOAB(A) LP
  13. CQ/RJ WW RTTY KH6DV SOSB/40 LP
  14. CQ/RJ WW RTTY K9NS(@K9HMB) M/M HP


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                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: VE3NZ
Operator(s): VE3NE, VE3DZ, VE3NZ
Station: VE3NE

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Toronto
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:   76   155       36       6     7
   40:  255   635       46      51    19
   20:  170   430       40      47    21
   15:  336   913       25      64    23
   10:  163   464        7      52    17
------------------------------------------
Total: 1000  2597      154     220    87  Total Score = 1,197,217

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Rig IC-706, Dentron 400 Watts, A4S + 2EL Beam for EU on 40m, inv Vee on 80
m.
Conditions were not as good as last year. All bands were very poor early
morning
Sunday. Thanks for the nice contest to everyone, it was lot's of fun.

73's
VE3NZ Ben


                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: WA3AN
Operator(s): WA3AN
Station: WA3AN

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 2.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
----------------------------------------
   80:                                
   40:   87  161      25      24     4
   20:    7   17       6       2     4
   15:    9   17       6       4     8
   10:                                
----------------------------------------
Total:  103  195      36      31    20  Total Score = 16,965

Club: 

Comments:


                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 15.75

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
----------------------------------------
   80:   27           14       3     4
   40:   25            9       4     6
   20:  129           36      26    17
   15:   66            7      22    22
   10:   10            1       7     7
----------------------------------------
Total:  257  394      67      62    56  Total Score = 101,304

Club: 

Comments:

Gear: FT920, DF4SA spider beam, G5RV
      N1MM Logger v3.0.91

I just love the race to the finish in the last half hour of this contest.
Last
year was spectacular, and this year it was pretty good.

By 23:30z Sunday, if you haven't already worked out the band, it's like
being a
kid in a candy store with so many stations, so many last-minute points to
chase.
I try it a lot but never have much luck calling CQ. After hitting my goals
with
10 minutes to spare, I devoted the final 10 minutes to calling on a frantic
20M 
band to hand out the BC mult to anyone who could hear me. Worked a bunch in
a
row, which is always a thrill for this op.

Highlights and Observations:
----------------------------
Didn't hear D4B all weekend, then found them low on 20M with few callers
with 20
minutes to go. Six continents. Gotta like that. A minute earlier I stumbled
upon
HC8N just up the band. Two good mults from the unexpected file. Only managed
the
Galapagos lads on 20, 15 and 10 this time out. Last year I think it was a
five-bander.

Was called by VR2BG in the last hour, too, up on 15M. Nice surprise there.
Managed a few short runs of JA stations on 15. Only VK/ZL was ZL2AMI --
always
appreciate the contacts (last year, also only 1 ZL, 0 VKs). Of course,
anyone
with a hank of wire out the window would have heard KH7X -- big signals!


Comparisons from last year:

2002  80' G5RVs
2003  28' tribander, 30' G5RV, same rig but N1MM added (super software!)

      QSOs    Mults    Time     Score       Pts/hr  QSOs/hr
2002   397     280     30 hrs   268,520     8,951   13.2
2003   257     168     16 hrs   101,304     6,331   16.1

With much lower antennas at the home QTH, and conditions not nearly as good
now(10M was good for 101 Qs last year, only 10 this year), I expected to
fare
worse than in 2002. Sure, that's exactly what happened, but it was helpful
to
compare the home vs. "contest QTH" experiences. 

The numbers indicate that while my hourly average rate was better this year
(more domestic contacts?), the home QTH's low tribander and G5RV don't pull
in
the mults as well as an 70'-high G5RV and Extended Lazy-H. We'll see what
the
ol' spider beam does when I get a tower set up, hopefully for next year's
contest high season.

Even operating out of B.C.'s RF black hole can be a lot of fun. But I think
I'll
be back among the tall trees in the country for CQWW CW, hi.

Hope to hear everyone in CQP next weekend!

-- Bud, VA7ST (VE7ASK)


4

                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: PR7AR
Operator(s): PR7AR
Station: PR7AR

Class: SOSB/20 LP
QTH: GUARABIRA
Operating Time (hrs): 08:35

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
----------------------------------------
   80:                                
   40:                                
   20:  170  474                    19
   15:                                
   10:                                
----------------------------------------
Total:  170  474      34      49    19  Total Score = 50,388

Club: GUARÁ DX GROUP

Comments:

IC-706 70W
DELTALOOP ANTENA

                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: VE3XD
Operator(s): VE3XD
Station: VE3XD

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Brampton, ON
Operating Time (hrs): 28

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:   34    66       20       3     4
   40:  167   372       43      37    16
   20:  241   589       41      56    22
   15:  423  1156       30      69    26
   10:   84   241        5      35    16
------------------------------------------
Total:  949  2424      139     200    84  Total Score = 1,025,352

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Best yet in this one. Had been watching my Qs from last year and at one
point
was 100 ahead of last year. Then the rate started to slow and near the end I
was
wondering if I could even beat last year. But I did and also exceeded 1M
points
for the first time in the CQWW RTTY. 

On Sunday morning during a good run on 10m my neighbour called to report RFI
in
the TV, radio and telephone. At that point I gave up 10m and stayed in the
lower
bands the remainder of the contest. RTTY seems particularly bad for TVI etc.
Gotta move to the country.

Best band conditions for quite awhile and hopefully the cycle will hold up
for
the phone one. Good to meet all my RTTY friends this weekend.

73,
Don VE3XD (VE3BUC last year)



                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: PR7AYE
Operator(s): PR7AYE
Station: PR7AYE

Class: SOSB/15 LP
QTH: GUARABIRA
Operating Time (hrs): 01:08

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
----------------------------------------
   80:                               
   40:                               
   20:                               
   15:  25    71      06      14    7
   10:                               
----------------------------------------
Total:  25    71      06      14    7  Total Score = 1,917

Club: GUARÁ DX GROUP

Comments:

IC-706 100W
3 ELEMT 3 BAND YAGY

                    Texas QSO Party

Call: WM5R
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: WM5R

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Texas
Operating Time (hrs): 1

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs
----------------------------
  160:   0       0      0
   80:   0       0      0
   40:   0      44      0
   20:   0       0      0
   15:   0       5      0
   10:   0       0      0
    6:   0       0      0
    2:   0       0      0
  UHF:   0       0      0
----------------------------
Total:   0      49      0  Mults = 36  Total Score = 3,528

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

I operated maybe a little over an hour, just to see what I could
work from my home station.  The radio was an Elecraft K2/100
with KAT100 auto-tuner, and all QSOs were made on a 40 meter dipole
about 35' high.


                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: K4UTE
Operator(s): K4UTE
Station: K4UTE

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: FLORIDA
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:   28    54      11       14     8
   40:   47   122       7       32    14
   20:  113   289      18       49    21
   15:  273   727      25       77    29
   10:   53   154       2       35    17
------------------------------------------
Total:  514  1346      63      207    89  Total Score = 483,214

Club: 

Comments:




                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: VE3NZ
Operator(s): VE3NE, VE3DZ, VE3NZ
Station: VE3NE

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Toronto
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:   76   155       36       6     7
   40:  255   635       46      51    19
   20:  170   430       40      47    21
   15:  336   913       25      64    23
   10:  163   464        7      52    17
------------------------------------------
Total: 1000  2597      154     220    87  Total Score = 1,197,217

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Rig IC-706, Dentron 400 Watts, A4S + 2EL Beam for EU on 40m, inv Vee on 80
m.
Conditions were not as good as last year. All bands were very poor early
morning
Sunday. Thanks for the nice contest to everyone, it was lot's of fun.

73's
VE3NZ Ben


                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: PY4PW
Operator(s): PY4PW
Station: PY4PW

Class: SOSB/10 LP
QTH: BRASIL
Operating Time (hrs): 8:30h

Summary:
 Band  QSOs   Pts   State/Prov  DX  Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:                                  
   40:                                  
   20:                                  
   15:                                  
   10:  84   15276      18      51    16
------------------------------------------
Total:  84   15276      18      51    16  Total Score = 15,276

Club: Araucaria DX Group

Comments:





                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: K7ZO
Operator(s): K7ZO
Station: K7ZO

Class: SOSB/15 HP
QTH: Idaho
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
----------------------------------------
   80:                                
   40:                                
   20:                                
   15:  178  474      17      39    14
   10:                                
----------------------------------------
Total:  178  474      17      39    14  Total Score = 33,180

Club: 

Comments:

Could only squeeze in 4 hours or so among chores. 15M seemed in great shape
on
Saturday. Hope it repeats for CQWW SSB. Sunday was maybe not as good but I
was
not on during prime time. Was able to get runs going into Europe both days
--
always fun for me from the west coast and with a minimal station. During the
JA
run on Saturday night the rate meter hit 100 -- something you don't see in
RTTY
contests very often. Using a home brew 4 ele OWA 15M beam with all parts but
the
balun purchased at Home Depot at about 20', FT1000MP, Quadra amp, and
Writelog.


                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: K8AJS
Operator(s): K8AJS
Station: K8AJS

Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 3

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
----------------------------------------
   80:   0     0       0       0     0
   40:   8    20       2       6     4
   20:  16    36       5      12    10
   15:  23    60       5      18     9
   10:   2     6       0       2     2
----------------------------------------
Total:  49   122      12      38    25  Total Score = 9,150

Club: 

Comments:

First time out in a RTTY contest. It's some fun, I'll have to put in a more
serious effort next time.

FT1000MP 100 watts
3 el quad for 20 thru 10
G5RV for 80 and 40
WriteLog contesting software

73, John
K8AJS



                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: KH6DV
Operator(s): KH6DV
Station: KH6DV

Class: SOSB/40 LP
QTH: Hawaii
Operating Time (hrs): 3

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
----------------------------------------
   80:                                
   40:  98   263       7      51    21
   20:                                
   15:                                
   10:                                
----------------------------------------
Total:  90   287       7      51    21  Total Score = 22,673

Club: 

Comments:

>>From every comment I hear it looks like conditions were very decent and 
everyone had fun.  Just a little Dx hunting on 40M in my spare time for
here.  S&P is always fun when activity is up and there is a good variety
of stations to work.


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
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                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: K9NS
Operator(s): K9DX,K9HMB,K9PW,K9RO,KG9X,KS9W,N9BX,N9NCX,W9MU
Station: K9HMB

Class: M/M HP
QTH: il
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:  243   318       48      24    14
   40:  514  1003       52      71    23
   20:  877  1922       55      90    31
   15: 1195  3153       55     102    33
   10:  659  1693       46      82    23
------------------------------------------
Total: 3488  8089      256     369   124  Total Score = 6,058,661

Club: Mt. Frank Contesters

Comments:




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