[SCCC] [3830] CQWW SSB WP2Z SOAB HP

[Larry Shapiro]

Hi Guys,here is a copy of my summary from WP2Z.
I went  with SCCC member Herb,KG6OK .
Herb was on before,during and after the contest on all modes and bands.He
did a great job.I never heard him one time in my headphones.!!He was a
pleasure to travel with and I think he is now hooked and will do this again
soon :)
Congrats to all the great signals from out club members.I will let Herb tell
you who was the loudest :)

Larry K6RO



                      CQ Worldwide DX Contest - SSB

 Call: WP2Z
 Operator(s): K6RO
 Station: WP2Z

 Class: SOAB HP
 QTH: Virgin Islands
 Operating Time (hrs): 44


 Summary:
  Band     QSOs  Zones  Countries
 -------------------------------
   160:     28      6     18
    80:    233     14     38
    40:    399     16     51
    20:   1691     29    103
    15:   2304     34    116
    10:   2565     28     93
 -------------------------------
 Total:   7220    127    419  =  9,474,738

 Club/Team: SCCC


 FT1000D,Alpha 87a,DVS2,CT9
 C3E @ 30ft 10/15/20m
 Cushcraft 2 el @ 25ft 40m
 wire diplole 80/160m

 Soap:

 This was going to be my first SOAB away from home.It was intended to be a
 learning experience and it really was!. I thought I was prepared down to
the
 smallest details,but a few things did not go as planned.About a weak before
I
 left for the WP2Z qth in St.Croix,I had a few minor asthma syptoms.In my
 case,that means coughing almost every time I try to talk.That is not a good
 thing in an ssb contest.I went to the doctor and explained my situation and
she
 said she would do the best she could with medication.I was told it would
take 2
 weeks to be back to 100% so I knew I was going to have a difficult time.

 Herb,KG6OK and myself spent a few days getting the station ready to go.We
 thought everything was in perfect shape until I tried to work some 40m
split
 and noticed that my second vfo on my 1000d was not tunable.I tried all the
 normal fixes and even had Doug,N6RT call Yaesu for me to try to get the
magic
 fix.Nothing worked and this really got me worried as it would really slow
down
 my 40m rate.

 I figured that if I only had a voice and a 40 meter problem and all else
went
 well,I would still have a great time and make lots of Q's.

 I started the contest on 20 meters and things went pretty well.After about
4
 hours the coughing started and pretty much continued for the next two
days.I
 took my first break after 31 hours and was planning on only one hour away
from
 the radio and then getting back on the low bands to pickup the much needed
 mults there.The alarm clock went off after one hour,but I made the mistake
of
 hitting the snooze button.This turned a one hour break into a four hour
 break.When I got up, I knew I had just blown a ton of 40-160 mults.I got
back
 in the chair and stayed there until the end going for rate and moving every
 mult I could to make up for my earlier mistake.

 I missed my qso goal by about 800 Q's and the mult total by about 50.

 After the contest,Herb took me out to dinner and I didn't say one word the
 whole time.I was happy it was over,but was already planning the next one !

 I had a fantastic time even with the few problems I had.It was fun and
that's
 what it is all about.I plan on going back again soon.

 Thanks to K7BV for helping with the antenna and rotor problems earlier in
the
 month, and to N6TJ,N5KO and CT1BOH for giving the new guy a few tips to try
to
 do a decent job.

 73 de Larry K6RO


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