[NCC] Fw: ARRLDX CW 7J1AAI(W1NN) SOSB/40 HP

[Hal Offutt]

Great to work K8AZ, N8AA, KU8E and, of course, K3LR.  I heard a ZL come back 
to K8BB and could barely hear him in the noise.  Worked 4-5 OH stations but 
only one MI.   Worked about a zillion AZ and FL stations - maybe that's 
where the Michiganders have gone?

Not sure if this log will count as a DXpedition score for NCC, but I sent in 
the log with NCC as my club, so we'll see.  Not much of a score anyway.

Looking forward to another mobile effort in the Michigan QSO Party in two 
months.

73,

Hal W1NN


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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:19 AM
Subject: ARRLDX CW 7J1AAI(W1NN) SOSB/40 HP


>                    ARRL DX Contest, CW
>
> Call: 7J1AAI
> Operator(s): W1NN
> Station: JH1GTV
>
> Class: SOSB/40 HP
> QTH: Japan
> Operating Time (hrs): 23
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>  160:
>   80:
>   40:  527    43
>   20:
>   15:
>   10:
> -------------------
> Total:  527    43  Total Score = 67,983
>
> Club: North Coast Contesters
>
> Comments:
>
> Thanks to Shigeki JH1GTV for inviting me to operate from his station and 
> try out
> his brand new two element quad.  The antenna seemed to work quite well. 
> If
> anyone recalls how my signal compared with other JAs, your observations 
> would
> be very welcome.
>
> 40M single band from Japan in the ARRL DX is a fairly easy contest to 
> operate
> as it does not require staying up all night.  For this contest, I commuted 
> by
> train from my downtown Tokyo apartment out to the `GTV QTH, making one 
> trip on
> Saturday and one on Sunday.  Since the last train leaves around midnight 
> Japan
> time(7AM PST), I missed an hour or so of operating each night when the 
> band was
> still open to the west coast.  At my age I am not often riding the trains 
> at 1
> AM on Saturday night.  It's quite an interesting experience!
>
> Day one was a lot better than day two for me.  I ended up with 358/41 at 
> the
> end of the first day, but could only add another 162/2 on day two.  I 
> operated
> about 11 hours each day, so the rates were pretty poor.  For my first hour
> (0400Z) on day two, I had exactly one QSO and it was a dupe.  This was 
> followed
> by a massive 12 QSO hour for the 0500Z hour.
>
> Signals on day two seemed a lot weaker, especially those from the east 
> coast. A
> lot of Qs were almost at ESP levels.  Fortunately, there was not a lot of 
> local
> noise this time. On day two, the only new mults to enter the log were SD 
> and YT
> (thanks to a very loud VY1JA).  Missed mults: VT (N1UR please fix your 
> beam!),
> RI, ME, DC, KY, SC, WV, IN, ND and all VEs except for VE3, VE7 and VY1. 
> It's
> difficult to tell if conditions were just bad or if US/VE stations were 
> merely
> busy working EU (or just sleeping).  Overall I worked a surprising number 
> of
> FL, AL, NC and VA stations, and the Caribbean and SA stations were very 
> loud
> throughout the weekend.  The ZLs sure seemed to be enjoying themselves.
>
> The two strongest signals from the east coast were K1ZZI (operating from 
> W8JI)
> and NQ4I.  I heard both stations frequently throughout the weekend.  K3LR 
> was
> probably the next strongest signal from the east.  K1TTT, W3LPL, K1AR, 
> K1KI and
> W3BGN were all were quite weak when I worked them, but their antennas may 
> have
> still been on EU.  K8AZ was a little stronger than these stations and the
> strongest signal from 8- and 9-land.
>
> A couple of other stations commented on the large number of dupes.  I had 
> 33
> (about 6%), about half of which were from the big MS or MM operations. 
> I'm not
> sure why so many of these stations duped me but it does not take much time 
> to
> work them and with my terrible rates I was happy to have the company.
>
> It's always fun to operate from Japan, even if it is one of the toughest 
> places
> to operate this contest from.  Maybe someday we'll have good conditions on 
> both
> days and we can work half of what the European stations work.
>
> Thanks for the contacts.  It was fun.
>
> 73,  Hal W1NN/7J1AAI
>
>
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