NAQP CW Results (The wires are improving!)

ramirezk at emi.com ramirezk at emi.com
Sun Jan 12 09:20:27 EST 1997


    Hola Amigos!   
     I decided to enter the NAQP CW contest at the very last 
minute. At least I now know that I can focus and get "into" a 
contest mindset without having to think about it for a few days 
before the actual event. I had one goal in mind this time 
around. I wanted to beat my score from last year.
                 I have spent the last months working on 
improving my wire antenna farm.I've been paying particular 
attention to improving my "domestic" contest signal. One of my 
big problems from last year was my 40m antenna. It was a ground 
mounted vertical which performed quite poorly. The 40m NUKer I 
now have up at 40 feet continues to work great in the 
"domestics".
              Another improvement is a new array of 4 2wl long 
wires on 20m at 47 feet configured with remote switching as 4 
long wire Vees that can be switched to the NE,SE,SW,and NW. 
These same antennas are also used on 160 meters as 2 half 
slopers fed 1/32nd wl out of phase. The 80m antenna remained the 
same; an inverted vee at 47 feet. I also used the 40m NUKer on 
15 meters compared to last years 40m vertical. I have no 
antennas for 10 meters.
          The Contest.
          One big difference this year compared to last year's 
contest was the lack of runs. I could not get a good run going 
no matter what band I was on. I don't think conditions were as 
good as last year's. I distinctly remember a few 100 plus hours 
on 80 meters last year. This year all attempts at runs were 
futile. I spent the low band portion of the contest switching 
often between 40 and 80 and then 80 and 160. Maybe it was the 
conditions. Maybe it is declining CW participation. Or maybe it 
was my KP4XS call last year ;). 
                I also did some band passing this year which I 
had not done much of last year. I was surprised at the 
percentage of passes that were successful. In fact, I remember 
only two attempts that were not successful. I had hastily 
planned my half hour breaks in the minutes prior to the contest 
but it all came to ruin when I QSYed to 80 meters and found a 
very high VSWR. In my rush to get ready for my last minute 
contest entry I had forgotten to add the extra wire length to 
the 75m vee. I had to take an unplanned half hour break and work 
out in the cold, dark night to add those %#$@* extensions.It 
didn't seem to matter in the overall scheme of things.
                 The biggest difference this year was the extra 
qsos and mults on 15 and 20 meters. It was nice to hear lots of 
signals on 20 meters from places other than w6 and w7!. The 
biggest surprise was being called by a /KH6 on 40 meters!
         The results- Last year I wound up with 557 x 141 for a 
score of 78,537.  This year's score was quite an improvement!
             609 x 169 for a score of 102,921. All goals met!
 The breakdown-
        10m-0
        15m-36/18
        20m-74/33
        40m-235/46
        80m-180/42
        160m-84/30 
           
         Thanks for all the Qs! It was nice to hear all the new 
2 letter state abbreviation calls that actually were in that 
state. The vanity program has created a nice "adjustment" to the 
geographic callsign designator distribution. 
  Equipment- Icom IC-740. 75-90 watts out depending on the band 
I'm on. The biggest improvement to the station other than the 
antennas? My KAY 432D - 0-101 DB switchable attenuator. I no 
longer get the contest headaches I had become accustomed to.
Next year? A NUKer for 80 meters and a 10m antenna!
 73 Ken N4UK 
1.8-1296 MHZ 
Cabo Rojo Contest Club-WP4NMS Soon to be WP3X!
Grid Pirates VHF Group
Grid Square-EM84xp


>From floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)  Sun Jan 12 18:03:23 1997
From: floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd) (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 14:03:23 -0400
Subject: NAQP CW 97 Scores I
Message-ID: <2.2.16.19970112180323.0a9f7e8c at interpath.com>

NAQP CW 1997
CLAIMED SCORES

Compiled by: WA4ZXA
<floydjr at interpath.com)

Date Posted: 01/12/97


CALL               SCORE        QSOS        MULTI
___________________________________________________________


Single/OP

K4AAA (N4VJ)      274,688       1073         256
N5TJ              245,520        990         248
N2NC (@N2NT)      198,398        874         227
K3MM              193,118        866         223
K0EJ              189,441        873         217
K4OJ              187,620        795         236
VE3EJ             175,266        749         234
K5GO              171,756        734         234
K4FXN             167,420        761         220
K6LL              166,870        814         205
K4NO              166,246        823         202
WC4E              163,229        781         209
K4AB              161,994        798         203
N5OT              160,011        773         207
K7SV              159,278        734         217
KC6CNV            159,120        816         195 
K4AMC             152,859        753         203
K5OT              148,212        716         207
K6LA              146,600        733         200
AD5Q              141,930        747         190
K4RO              137,609        713         193
W9WI              134,469        669         201
N5FG (WQ5L)       128,650        775         166
AA3B              124,620        620         201
N6NT              123,300        685         180
W4EF              122,570        599         206
N5TU              119,145        611         195
K4MA              118,692        628         189
KU8E              110,349        603         183
WA5WJU            109,480        595         184
K9TM              108,000        600         180
KE3Q              107,690        605         178
N4UK              102,921        609         169
WD4AHZ             92,382        519         178
N9FD               81,174        498         163
K9EY               71,568        497         144
N8JF               64,240        440         146
W8CAR              53,568        372         144
N4GN               49,028        412         119
KA9FOX             48,498        354         137
K8MR               41,667        323         129
WD0T               30,592        239         128
N9JF                9,801        121          81
NS0B                3,430         70          49
KK7A                  756         36          21


Multi/OP

KS9K              308,750       1235         250
W5NN (@K5XI)      292,333       1213         241 
N0NI              263,648       1183         224


Operator List

W5NN        AB5LX,K5NZ
N0NI        WO0V,W0FLS,N0NI,N0AC
___________________________________________________________

73 Jim
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