[3830] [FCG] CQWW CW N4WW M/M HP

[Christopher Blake]

Congratulations guys! Really FB score :-)

vy 73,
Chris, NX4N

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:50 AM, <webform at b4h.net> wrote:

>                     CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
>
> Call: N4WW
> Operator(s): N4WW N4KM K0LUZ DL6BW K1PT W4LT WF3C
> Station: N4WW
>
> Class: M/M HP
> QTH: Apopka, FL
> Operating Time (hrs): 48
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>   160:  214    16       76
>    80:  784    28      105
>    40: 1611    40      139
>    20: 1881    40      151
>    15: 1473    34      130
>    10:  798    30      112
> ------------------------------
> Total: 6761   188      713  Total Score = 16,832,482
>
> Club: Florida Contest Group
>
> Comments:
>
> Thanks to all the N4WW ops for coming out. We fought some hardware problems
> before the contest, with computer power supply issues, a broken Ethernet
> router, and a failure of two amplifiers. However, we managed to get
> everything
> working before 0000z on Saturday and it stayed working through 2359z on
> Sunday.
> Thanks in particular to K1PT for fixing the battle-scarred LK800, to W4LT
> for
> fixing the Alpha 77 tune capacitor coupler, and to DL6BW and N4KM for
> helping
> with various computer issues.
>
> Thanks to K1PT and W4LT for coming in from out of the area. We were a
> little
> thin to staff a full-fledged M/M, but we pressed on with plenty of op time
> for
> everyone.
>
> We were very pleased with propagation on all bands. We got a 10m opening on
> both days that our friends in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast (and in
> Western
> PA) did not enjoy. We also had the first runnable 160m conditions that I
> can
> remember during CQWW. Usually from here 160m is strictly S&P, but we had an
> hour or more of runnable EU, which made up for 20m being totally dead to EU
> (with the exception of 9A1A) at the same time.
>
> Thanks also to Sandi and Doc for putting up with a minor invasion of their
> home
> on Thabksgiving weekend, and to all members of the crew for setup
> assistance and
> positive attitude throughout the weekend.
>
> Highlights included 2BWAZ (a first for us, on 20m and 40m) and winning 10m.
> Lowlights included a balky 40m rotator, which stuck while working two
> multipliers, V73NS on Sunday morning and HS0ZAR on Saturday morning.
> Fortunately we managed to free it up again without any climbing.
>
> 160m - FT5000 + Emtron, 2-element full-size 1/4 wave vertical array
> 80m - K3S + Alpha 77, 2-element M2 Yagi @ 130' or 4-square
> 40m - FT1000MP + AL1500, 4-element M2 @ 140'
> 20m - FT5000 + Alpha 77, 4/4/4 @ 150' and/or 6-element OWA @ 130'
> 15m - TS590 + Alpha 76, 5/5/5 @ 100' and/or 6-element OWA @ 130'
> 10m - FT1000MP + Alpha 77, 5/5/5 @ 100' and/or 7-element OWA @ 90'
>
>
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