[3830] CQWW CW W8OHT SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: W8OHT
Operator(s): W8OHT
Station: W8OHT

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: N.E. WV
Operating Time (hrs): 15

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    8     5        6
   80:   73    13       37
   40:    7    14       44
   20:   27     5       14
   15:   98    24       55
   10:    9     8        8
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Total:  322   164       69  Total Score = 210,632

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

At tower base where main coax and 12-vdc ant. control wires exit from an
underground PVC tube, troubleshooting some faulty antenna selection revealed a
nasty problem.  With contest over now, can get out tomorrow and do more.  When
I simply picked up the 8-wire male-female connector, I heard relays clicking
inside my new rx and tx antenna switch.  It looks as if the small wire tie I
added to the male connector slipped due to leveraged wind and actually slipped
in a space that ensured the two connector would be intermittent.  So the new
switch was replaced by a $3 coax barrel between the station coax and the
antenna needed at the time (freezing my fingers in the cold).  Once I resolved
this though, I was amazed how well my new regulated!!!, 3500 vdc power supply
has helped my luck in this contest.  It was wonderful to have a new ace in the
hold, so to speak.  73, John W8OHT


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