[3830] CQWW CW N2WN SOSB/80 LP

[Tom Althoff]

If CQ's web page showing the All Time CQWW CW Records is correct it appears 
that Jules has broken the old USA record for a SOSB/80/LP entry (and as a 
result the W4 district record as well)!

CONGRATS JULES!

73 de Tom K2TA
K2/100 #1117

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Subject: [3830] CQWW CW N2WN SOSB/80 LP


>                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
>
> Call: N2WN
> Operator(s): N2WN
> Station: N2WN
>
> Class: SOSB/80 LP
> QTH: Blaine, Tn
> Operating Time (hrs): 35.85
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>  160:   33    12       20
>   80:  304    27       95
>   40:   69    18       42
>   20:   62    18       37
>   15:  152    21       62
>   10:   29    10       20
> ------------------------------
> Total:  304    27       95  Total Score = 99,918
>
> Club: Tennessee Contest Group
>
> Comments:
>
> Rig : Elecraft K2/100
>
>        Antennas : 160M: 83' vertical many odd length radials.
>     80M: 1/4 wave wire vertical with two raised V radials.
>     40M: wire half square
> 20-10M: 4 element SteppIR
>      Rx: 295' coax beverage about 2M above ground at 70 degrees, two
> direction switchable.
>
>         Soapbox : The tradition continued this year, worked on antennas 
> from
> daylight Friday 'til about 2 hours before the start of the contest. It was
> great exercise! I had matching issues with the 160 and 80 antennas, and 
> needed
> to put up the half square for 40. Oh and replace the radials that were 
> eaten by
> the mower or removed... It was so !@$^^#&%^@ fun ;o) Oops, almost forgot
> finishing the 295' coax beverage (definitely worth the time)
>
> Wasn't sure if I was going to go for SOSB 80 or 160. Both antennas were 
> new,
> and unproven, with the matching issues, I was a bit verclempt needless to 
> say.
> I decided to go with 80 when I sat down a half hour before the start. Made 
> a
> few QSOs before the contest, decent first call contacts into EU, 4O3B and 
> I
> started the contest at 00:00. I operated virtually all search and pounce,
> called CQ several times with poor results. Didn't manage to break 100K, 
> but
> came close. Figure I missed about 10 countries and 4 zones.
>
> Canada was out in force, as was Mexico, nice to have 2 point folks in 
> quantity
> on the low bands (and elsewhere when things are slow). Hopefully all of 
> these
> folks will be on for ARRL 160!
>
> Lots of juicy DX on 5A7A (my apologies to them for the dupes, entered HA7A 
> who
> I could have used!), TZ5A, AH2R, WH0S to name a few. Was thrilled to hear
> (sadly not work) several Asiatic Russian stations and the real heart 
> breaker
> 8Q7DV (he was solid copy for about 15 minutes Sunday night, only heard one 
> US
> station work him tho'). I have to wonder if the phased Tee verticals I 
> used
> last year would have been enough to  make the Q with him and the plethora 
> of JA
> stations heard Sunday morning. Pacific/Asia openings Sunday were the best 
> I've
> heard on 80. Managed several nice QSOs up to 2 hours after local sunrise. 
> I was
> tickled to work KL7RA at 7:30AM on Sunday on 160, he was as loud as many 
> lower
> 48 stations, and if you went a little down band KH7X was loud and clear as 
> well
> (worked them earlier).
>
> I played on the other bands, looking for countries and giving the SteppIr 
> a
> work out. 10M was active, primarily SA and Africa for a few hours each 
> day. 15M
> was hopping in the morning, managed a little run of EU stations. I thought 
> 20
> was a bit quiet. 40 sounded great with EU and the Pacific available at the 
> same
> time. The beverage worked well for nulling a lot of the loud signals, 
> definitely
> a nice tool.
>
> A number of DX stations worked split, definitely easier to hear them, 
> although
> I'm sure some were upset about the spectrum spread. It still surprises me 
> how
> many stations don't listen to the DX before calling and callling and 
> calling
> and ... My hat is off to the DX that deal with the pileups. S9SS seemed to 
> have
> monster pileups on 80 and 15. He has QRN on the low bands more often than 
> he
> liked, so 80 was a challenge for him (sadly I couldn't break that pileup).
>
> Working a new multiplier is the meat, but thanks to the potato folks the 
> VE,
> DL, G, GM, YU, F, 9A and other stations (JAs for the west coast) who make 
> it a
> real horse race. This contest has it's share of casual ops who are a 
> welcome
> addition to the fray.
>
> Thanks to all, see ya on the Top Band next weekend!
>
> Cheers,
> Julius
> n2wn
>
>
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