[CQ-Contest] N9YXA CALQSO SOLP (LONG)

N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson n9yxa at ix.netcom.com
Sun Oct 5 18:56:29 EDT 1997


Here it is: The Big Soulp
QSO's: 158
Total Points: 17015
QSO PTS: 415
CAL Counties: 41

                           CAL QSO PARTY SUMMARY SHEET


    Contest Dates : 04-Oct-97, 05-Oct-97


    Callsign Used : N9YXA
         Operator : N9YXA

         Category : Single Op, Low Power

 Default Exchange : QSO # IL

             Name : Cedrick W. Johnson
          Address : 502 Manor Place
   City/State/Zip : Aurora, IL 60506-2134
          Country : United States


        Team/Club : Society Of Midwest Contesters (SMC)


   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   
 __________________________________________________

   40CW       28          28         84       8 
   40SSB       1           1          3       0 
   20CW       46          45        135       9 
   20SSB      55          55        111      23 
   15CW       24          24         72       0 
   15SSB       5           5         10       0 
 __________________________________________________

 Totals      158         158        415      40 


    Final Score = 17015 points.

 Soapbox Comments:
 Not much eventful this time, but we'll ramble here just for fun.
 Started the contest, and I was stunned by the impressive band
 conditions. Had a bad start on 20 CW, so decided to take a stab at 20
 SSB. I was stumped at 20 SSB, because my DVK (not a W9XT card)
 failed. So, I *accidentally* spent an hour banging my head wondering
 why.. By then, it was time for my bowling tourney, so I pulled the
 plug. 5PM I'm back in the op chair, and manage to make a few more
 contacts on 20 CW. Again, the majority of the contacts that hour on
 phone. I then had to QRT for Homecoming Dance 1997. Took an hour and
 a half dressing for that... Didn't get back into the op. chair until
 0900 UTC, where I was dead tired from dancing the nite away. Made a
 few CW contacts on 40 for the first time. I went back to bed. Tired
 as a skunk. Didn't wake up until 1200 UTC, where I made more CW
 contacts than I did phone. The rest of the day went quite well. I
 went from 47 Q's that morning to my end total of 158. I think that
 this is pretty impressive considering my main 20-15M antenna was a
 dipole no more than 3 ft. off the ground! More room for improvement
 though.

 Lessons Learned:
 (1) Buy a W9XT Contest Card!
 (2) Stock up on cough drops
 (3) Ask the Homecoming date to operate 20 CW!
 (4) Have a multiop so if you're tired, the others can take over. (5)
 Get a better antenna! Propagation at times sucked to W6, but was
 really nice to W4 (6) Have more patience with lids

 Seriously, this contest was a pretty good show for this station. I'm
 used to getting an avg. of 50 QSO's per contest from here. But,
 during the past few months of operating from here, my average is now
 around 125.. We're improving!

 Thanks for a GREAT experience! This weekend was very special to me
 and my H.C. date. 73's and C U in CQWW SSB!

 GO SMC!

BEGIN RATESHEET>>>>>>>>>

                          N9YXA 1997 CAL QSO Ratesheet


  HOUR   40CW    40SSB   20CW    20SSB   15CW    15SSB   TOTAL   ACCUM
  ----  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------   -----   -----
   16       0       0       0       4       0       0       4       4
   17       0       0       1       4       0       0       5       9
   18       0       0       1       0       0       0       1      10
   19       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      10
   20       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      10
   21       0       0       3       0       0       0       3      13
   22       0       0       3      17       0       0      20      33
   23       0       0       0       7       0       0       7      40

    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      40
    1       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      40
    2       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      40
    3       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      40
    4       4       0       0       0       0       0       4      44
    5       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      44
    6       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      44
    7       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      44
    8       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      44
    9       3       0       0       0       0       0       3      47
   10       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      47
   11       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      47
   12       8       1       0       0       0       0       9      56
   13      13       0       0       0       0       0      13      69
   14       0       0      21       0       0       0      21      90
   15       0       0       8       0       0       0       8      98
   16       0       0       3      12       7       0      22     120
   17       0       0       0       0      15       5      20     140
   18       0       0       0       0       0       0       0     140
   19       0       0       0       1       0       0       1     141
   20       0       0       0       0       0       0       0     141
   21       0       0       5      10       2       0      17     158

  TOTAL    28       1      45      55      24       5  


BEGIN QSO DISTRIB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
                        QSO Distribution Chart For N9YXA

   1.         LANG   16
   2.          SAC   12
   3.         SDGO   10
   4.         SHAS    8
   5.          SLO    7
   6.         SCRU    7
   7.          RIV    7
   8.         CCON    7
   9.        MARIN    6
  10.         SCLA    6
  11.          BUT    5
  12.          ORG    5
  13.         VENT    5
  14.         MONO    5
  15.         AMAD    5
  16.          SOL    4
  17.          PLA    4
  18.         DELN    3
  19.         GLEN    3
  20.         SMAT    3
  21.          HUM    3
  22.         SISK    2
  23.          MER    2
  24.         YUBA    2
  25.          TUL    2
  26.         SBER    2
  27.          ALP    2
  28.         KERN    2
  29.         NAPA    2
  30.          LAS    1
  31.          SUT    1
  32.         ELDO    1
  33.         TUOL    1
  34.        MODOC    1
  35.         STAN    1
  36.         COLU    1
  37.          PLU    1
  38.          MAD    1
  39.         SJOQ    1
  40.         FRES    1
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Cedrick Johnson - N9YXA - Z2/N9YXA
10-10: 67368, N9YXA Contest Group
Aurora, IL 60506-2134  
Packet: n9yxa at w9zmr.en52va.il.us.na
DX Cluster Home Node: K9AJ- Crete, IL
TNC Mailbox- 144.930 @ n9yxa-1
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