[3830] ARRLDX SSB W1CTN SOAB LP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: W1CTN
Operator(s): W1CTN
Station: W1CTN

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 19

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   23    20
   80:   78    50
   40:  104    49
   20:  268   167
   15:   69    22
   10:    0     0
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Total:  542   206  Total Score = 334,338

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

STATION:
RIG: FT 1000MP MK 5 @100 WATTS

ANT FARM:
160 1/4 WAVE INVERTED L, 70 FT VERTICAL X 35 ~100' RADIALS, HOMEBREW PI NETWORK
- LOOKS LIKE IT CAME FROM DR. FRANKENSTEIN'S TAG SALE

80A. 1/4 WAVE VERTICAL X 35 ~100' RADIALS, COLLINS CU 737/URC TUNER
80B. DIPOLE @ 50 FEET, HOMEBREW TEE NETWORK

40A. 1/4 WAVE VERTICAL X 35 ~100' RADIALS, COLLINS CU 737/URC TUNER
40B. 2 ELEMENT WIRE BEAM FIXED ON EUROPE, HOMEBREW TEE NETWORK

20-15-10 METERS TENNADYNE T10 10 EL LOG PERIODIC AT 53 FEET

BAND BY BAND NOTES...

160: VERY NOISY HERE. NO DEEP CONTINENTAL EUROPE WORKED, HAD TROUBLE HEARING
DUE TO LOCAL MAN MADE NOISE. DID WORK CX FOR A NEW COUNTRY. 

80: WORKED EVERYONE I HEARD. NOISE THAT PLAGUES ME ON 160 WAS PRESENT ON 80. 

40: FRIDAY NIGHT WAS THE PITS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO EVENING NOT A BARN BURNER,
BUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON WAS THE BEST WITH 100 WATT EUROPEANS SOLID. 
I HEARD ONE JA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BUT HE DIDN'T HEAR ME. ZL3A HAD AN AMAZING
SIGNAL ON 40. 

20: WAS WALL TO WALL AS WE ALL KNOW. WORKED 2 JA'S SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT WERE
BOTH RUNNING KW'S BUT WERE SO WEAK I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY HEARD MY 100 WATTS. 

15: WAS NICE AND CONSISTENT INTO THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA. 

10: THERE'S A HAM BAND CALLED 10 METERS? DIDN'T HEAR ANY HAM SIGNALS :)

YES THE CONDITIONS WERE NOT SO HOT, BUT WE ALL GOT TO PLAY "RADIOMAN OR
RADIOWOMAN" FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. ISN'T THAT WHY WE GOT INTO THIS HOBBY. 

IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT W1CTN. BTW ON A CITY LOT.

DEDICATED YEAR ROUND, SMALL RECEIVE ANTENNAS. 

80 METERS: ANT WITH GAIN INTO EUROPE
40 METERS: 4 SQUARE OR SPITFIRE 
20-10 METERS: REINSTALL SOUTH YAGI
              20 AND 15 INTERLACED YAGI TO REPLACE LOG
              SMALL 10 METER 4 OVER 4 STACK ON TOWER 2

WINNING POWER BALL NUMBERS WOULD BE THE BEST !

HOPE ALL OF YOU HAD FUN, I DID.

CU NEXT YEAR 
73
DAVE W1CTN
RADIO ANSONIA


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