[3830] CQWW CW P40L(@P40L/P49Y) M/S HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: P40L
Operator(s): KX7M, N6XI, W6LD
Station: P40L/P49Y

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 48.0

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  118    11       29
   80:  762    25       85
   40: 1698    35      124
   20: 1251    40      132
   15: 1803    32      118
   10: 1241    29       97
------------------------------
Total: 6873   172      585  Total Score = 15,434,473

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

This effort came together at the last minute as a multi-single.  None of the us
had operated together before, so it was a pleasure to see how well we were able
to work together.  I (W6LD) arrived on the island mid-day on Wednesday, Denny
(KX7M) on Thursday and Rick (N6XI) on Friday only about 6 hours before the
contest start.  Nevertheless, with the benefit of Denny's high energy level and
enthusiasm, everything came together timely.

The station performed well.  Our problems were limited to a bad feedlne
connection on the European beverage the first night, some intermittent RFI in
the keying lines and interstation interference that at times hampered the run
station rate (something that we might have been able to solve with a little more
time before the contest).  Our apologies to those who were affected when the run
radio briefly went deaf or the keying line locked up.

Band conditions were generally good for this point in the sunspot cycle,
especially the first day.  Openings on 80 the first night and 10 into Europe the
first morning were very good and, in retrospect, we should have spent more time
earlier on those bands in those periods taking advantage of them (and we had to
work hard to make up for it later).  By contrast, 20 was a bit of a
disappointment, closing early each day.

15 and 10 were the high rate bands during the day and 40 and 80 were the high
rate bands during the night.

Rates shot up Saturday mid-morning when we started to turn our attention to the
U.S. on the high bands - seven straight hours of 200 plus QSOs on the run radio
ensued, peaking at 242.  Both Rick and Denny succeeded in getting the rate meter
over 300 for sustained periods during these hours.  Very exciting and a lot of
fun!

The Carribbean mults on the high bands were among the most difficult.  It was
surprising how quickly some stations would pick up our weak fluttery signal
(8P5A and TO4A come to mind, for instance), while it took what seemed like
forever to get through to others.

All in all we had a great time.  Thanks for all the contacts!

John, W6LD/P40L


Additional info:

Station set-up

Antennas:

C31XR tribander at 50 feet
4 element 10 meter yagi at 50 feet
4 element 15 meter yagi at 50 feet
4 element 20 meter yagi at 60 feet
2 element 40 meter yagi at 60 feet
80 meter inverted V at 60  feet
160 meter inverted V at 55 feet
450 foot beverages on US and Europe

Rigs:

FT1000D (2); FT990; Alpha 87A; Alpha 86; TRLog logging software



Continent Distribution

                   160    80    40    20    15    10    30    17    12    ALL
                   ---    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    ---
  USA calls   =     74   444   797   696  1031   831     0     0     0   3873
  VE calls    =      7    39    60    53    68    50     0     0     0    277
  N.A. calls  =     17    28    28    26    22    20     0     0     0    141
  S.A. calls  =      6    10    15    20    38    22     0     0     0    111
  Euro calls  =     14   221   548   328   512   284     0     0     0   1907
  Afrc calls  =      0     5    15    20    19    16     0     0     0     75
  Asia calls  =      0     9    37    43    14    13     0     0     0    116
  JA calls    =      0     2   180    47    82     0     0     0     0    311
  Ocen calls  =      0     4    18    18    17     5     0     0     0     62

  Total calls =    118   762  1698  1251  1803  1241     0     0     0   6873


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