[SCCC] CQWW SSB NI6W(@W6BCQ) SOSB/20 HP

[Michael Tope]

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Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:17 PM
Subject: CQWW SSB NI6W(W4EF) SOSB/20 HP


>                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
> 
> Call: NI6W
> Operator(s): W4EF
> Station: W6BCQ
> 
> Class: SOSB/20 HP
> QTH: Hemet, Ca
> Operating Time (hrs):   ~32 hours
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>  160:                    
>   80:                    
>   40:                    
>   20:  940    37      130
>   15:                    
>   10:                    
> ------------------------------
> Total:  940    37      130  Total Score = 392,784
> 
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Rig:   FT1000MP MKV
> Amp:   Homebrew 4-1000Z Linear
> Antenna(s):  6el monobander x 60ft boom at 125'
>             1/4 wave vertical @ 20ft
> 
> Thanks to Keith W6BCQ for letting me drive his fine station 
> for the weekend. It was nice to leave all the birdies and buzzes 
> and the high mountain blockage of the San Gabriel Valley for 
> the rural rolling hills south of Hemet. Had some pretty fierce line 
> noise from a bad insulator northwest of Keith's QTH on Saturday 
> morning before sunrise, but miraculously it quit right before the 
> sun came up and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Nothing 
> but a gentle hiss before the signals from Europe exploded. QRM
> was unbelievable fierce when the band was open to Europe. I was
> really glad I had loaded the FT1000MP MK V with those dual 
> INRAD > 2.1KHz filters SSB filters and the 1st IF roofing filter 
> before the contest. I was riding the "IF Shift" and the "Width" 
> controls all > weekend trying to pull callsigns out from the splatter. 
> Keith and I hooked up his 1/4 wave reference vertical on the roof 
> of the barn before the contest in hopes that it would save wear and 
> tear on the rotator when I was searching and pouncing for mults, 
> but as it turned out the big yagi was almost always better even when 
> it was pointed the wrong way. 
> 
> Was hoping for more QSOs, but I really had a tough time getting 
> any kind of sustained runs going into Europe. Probably should 
> have spent more time CQing on Saturday morning, but the QRM 
> was so fierce, I spent quite a bit of time doing S&P. Friday night 
> was so-so into Asia, but Saturday night made up for it with a 
> suprisingly good run of JA plus a fair number UA0 zone 18 stations 
> and BY's sprinkled in. Later on as the Pacific rim faded I was able 
> to work a handful of UA9's and UN7's in zone 17 before the band 
> folded completely. Heard VK6ANC on Friday night calling 
> Europeans with a good signal, but I couldn't get his attention. 
> ASSumed he would be a piece of cake on Saturday night or via 
> longpath on Saturday or Sunday afternoon. There would be no 
> such luck for zone 29, however. Never heard zone 22 or 34. 

> Thanks again to Keith W6BCQ for being such a great host, and 
> special thanks to Bud, W6VPH for introducing me to his long time
> friend Keith. 
> 
> 73 de Mike, W4EF..............................