[NCC] cqwwph97

[Jon Kovacs]

Not a great effort, but a lot of fun.  Spent more time meeting up with old contest friends than I did contesting.  All in all, it was great time but the search and pouncing doesn't drive the score up very fast.  Was using a friends Ten Tec Orion, but ended up with my Mark V.  Orion is great rig, but like the Mark V, takes some getting used to.  Obviously a contest is no time for learning!  New 40 meter dipole that replaced old trap dipole did not pan out as planned.  This really lowered my 40 meter Q's as I barely had any.  Last outing was well over 100 and that was without trying.  Stack worked great toward Europe, but sucked to the south.   The highlight was a fine operator from Argentina taking time out to give me a short Spanish lesson.

                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2007


      Call:      K8LY
      Category:  Single Operator                                                                      	Power:     Low Power 
      Band:      All Band
      Mode:      SSB 
      Country:   United States
      Zone:      04

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160        0        0     0.00      0       0
       80        0        0     0.00      0       0
       40       12       27     2.25      6      10
       20      116      315     2.72     20      56
       15      224      635     2.83     23      82
       10        0        0     0.00      0       0
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     Totals    352      977     2.78     49     148  =>  192,469


Club Affiliation: North Coast Contest

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.


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               Jon Kovacs  K8LY
               7831 Castle Rock NE
               Warren, OH 44484