VP5FOC CQWW CW
W9VNE at aol.com
W9VNE at aol.com
Fri Nov 17 22:44:41 EST 1995
VP5FOC will be a multi-multi operation. It will be operated by a core from
the 1994 VP5VW operation.The operators are :KW8N, N9DX, W0CG, WD8AUB and
W9VNE. All qsls for the operation should be sent to W9VNE;
P O Box 54482; Cincinnati, Ohio 45254-0482.
Jim W9VNE
>From Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com> Sat Nov 18 04:10:23 1995
From: Randy Thompson <k5zd at iconics.com> (Randy Thompson)
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 23:10:23 -0500 (EST)
Subject: SS CW K5ZD
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951117230820.186A-100000 at genesis.iconics.com>
ARRL SWEEPSTAKES -- 1995
Call: K5ZD Country:
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator High Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS SECTIONS
160 0 0 -
80 274 548 -
40 827 1654 -
20 242 484 -
15 19 38 -
10 0 0 -
-----------------------------------
Totals 1362 2724 77
Score: 209,748
SS CW is my favorite contest! Although I recall it being much more fun
from NTX than from WMA!
Contest started very slowly. Was CQing on 40 and tuning on 20. 15 was near
dead. Went to 80 early just because 40 didn't seem to be producing too
well. When I finally went to 40, quickly realized I may have been on the
wrong band!
Was just going through the motions until 40 opened. My back was constantly
reminding me that I had just done 44+ hours of DX contesting only six days
earlier (another sign I am getting old, never used to notice this!).
Great condx on 40 Sat night. Good signals from coast to coast. Skip zone
was ONLY about 200 miles. This made for some good rates that got me
mentally back in the contest.
Did 2 radio stuff the whole weekend. But unlike past years, didn't find
as many QSOs on the 2nd rig. Many times I would tune for up to 10 mins
without finding a new station to work. Meanwhile, the CQing radio would
continue a steady 40/hr rate.
Operated non-stop to 0940z. Decided I would go until the rate dropped.
Could have stayed on, but 12:40 hours is a long stint in the chair without
getting up. Back on at 12Z for a much better than expected hour.
I have about decided that the rates on Sunday just keep going down. So my
strategy was to operate as long as rate stayed above 40/hr. Second
off time was at 1800z. So I operated 18:40 of the first 21:00 hours!
This left me the luxury of being able to kill lots of off time all afternoon
and evening. It becomes a game of hoping that the competition doesn't
catch up.
Found the KP2 on 15m Sunday morning while tuning with the 2nd rig. Got him
on the first call. Didn't think anything of it until I heard all the horror
stories later about the pile-up. Was worried about VE5 until got 3 of
them Sun afternoon. Worked about 6 ME stations on 40 Sunday.
The last section was NWT. Found VY1JA at 14,001 (tnx to tip from KR0Y)
but it was a mess and he was very weak. Didn't expect to make a sweep anyway
so decided to concentrate on QSOs. A little later I was CQing on 14051 and
very happy to have VE8NC call in. My first sweep in 3 years!
This is a challenging contest from W1. First you get to listen to the W5
and west guys run way ahead. Then they seem to disappear on Sunday morning
so you almost catch up (and visions of Top Ten dance in your head). But
then Sunday afternoon the bands go long and its over. Gotta find a way
to squeeze another 50 QSOs out of the first 6 hours in order to have a
chance.
Congrats to KZ2S at N2NT for top Northeast score. And to K1TO for pushing
me all the way. New Division Record makes it worthwhile.
Here's the numbers...
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults
HOUR 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT 2nd Rig
21 ..... 55/23 23/17 ..... ..... 78/40 78/40 13
22 . 6/3 70/14 1/0 . 77/17 155/57 7
23 33/1 18/2 27/2 . . 78/5 233/62 18
0 67/3 . 13/3 . . 80/6 313/68 13
1 16/0 58/1 . . . 74/1 387/69 3
2 7/0 77/1 . . . 84/1 471/70 7
3 3/0 79/0 . . . 82/0 553/70 3
4 8/0 60/0 . . . 68/0 621/70 8
5 16/0 36/0 ..... ..... ..... 52/0 673/70 16
6 37/0 13/0 . . . 50/0 723/70 11
7 36/0 8/0 . . . 44/0 767/70 8
8 8/0 33/1 . . . 41/1 808/71 8
9 3/0 27/0 . . . 30/0 838/71 3
10 . . . . . . 838/71 .
11 . 1/0 . . . 1/0 839/71 .
12 5/0 51/0 . . . 56/0 895/71 5
13 1/0 47/1 2/0 ..... ..... 50/1 945/72 3
14 . 48/2 2/0 . . 50/2 995/74 2
15 . 50/0 4/0 . . 54/0 1049/74 4
16 . 43/0 1/0 4/1 . 48/1 1097/75 5
17 . 34/0 7/0 6/0 . 47/0 1144/75 13
18 . 6/0 9/0 . . 15/0 1159/75 6
19 . . 23/0 5/1 . 28/1 1187/76 5
20 . . 19/0 1/0 . 20/0 1207/76 1
21 ..... 27/0 8/0 2/0 ..... 37/0 1244/76 10
22 . 16/0 5/0 . . 21/0 1265/76 5
23 . 9/0 28/1 . . 37/1 1302/77 8
0 3/0 . 1/0 . . 4/0 1306/77 1
1 16/0 1/0 . . . 17/0 1323/77 1
2 15/0 24/0 . . . 39/0 1362/77 14
TOT 274/4 827/34 242/37 19/2 ..... ..... 1362/77 201
Randy Thompson, K5ZD
k5zd at iconics.com
>From Reidar Bo <reidarb at oslonett.no> Sat Nov 18 09:00:29 1995
From: Reidar Bo <reidarb at oslonett.no> (Reidar Bo)
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 10:00:29 +0100
Subject: QSL mgr V59X?
Message-ID: <199511180900.KAA22815 at hasle.oslonett.no>
Have checked all available sources, but has not found the QSL mgr of V59X
who was active in CQ WW SSB 1995.
Anyone?
73 Reidar LA4BN
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