[SCCC] W6PH CQWW SSB SOABHP

[Timothy Coker]

Below is a link to some photos I took of Kurt's operation in Lone Pine, CA
during day two of the contest.

https://picasaweb.google.com/107828339096491810632/CQWWSSB2011W6PH?authkey=Gv1sRgCPabnqyWxbqJggE&feat=email

73,

Tim / N6WIN.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:40 AM, <W6ph at aol.com> wrote:

> CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
>
> Call: W6PH
> Operator(s): W6PH
> Station: W6PH
>
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: Lone Pine CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 37 hours
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ---------------------------------------------
> 160:    5     3        3
> 80:   58    17       29
> 40:  214    27       78
> 20:  300    30       89
> 15:  497    35      105
> 10:  700    29       96
> ------------------------------------------
> Total: 1774   141      400  Total Score = 2,695,262
>
> Equipment:  IC-781 AL-1200  CT9-DOS  (No voice keyer)
>
> Permanent antenna:  A3S at 45 feet
> Temporary antennas:
> AB-577 #1 40-2CD with 10m 3el yagi on single boom, 80m sloper
> AB-577 #2 20m 3el yagi, 80m sloper
> AB-577 #3 15m 5el yagi (N8SM design)
> MA-160V
>
> Band notes:
>
> 160m No activity to speak of.  Just grabbed a couple contacts for mults.
> 80m  Sounded like 160m last year.  Only Caribbean and Pacific worked.
> 40m  Signals weaker than last year.  A lot of stations crowded into the US
> phone segment and fewer split contacts.  Fewer JA stations worked.
> 20m  Great polar path into central Asia at night with lots of loud signals.
> Less crowded because of the great conditions on 15 and 10.
> 15m  Just a great band.  Opened early to Europe and stayed open until 02
> UTC.
> 10m  Stations all the way to 29 MHz.  I didn't hear any zone 16 nor
> LA-SM-OH.
> The band conditons were better the week before. I finally got to use a
> monoband
> yagi after it had been on the ground for the last 10 years.
>
> I missed a DXCC on 10m due to the lack of northern Europe propagation.  But
> I
> almost got WAS from all the US stations that answered my CQs on 10 meters.
>
> All my monobanders were on the ground after being used at the K6Z CQP
> location.
> I put them back together on Monday and raised them on Tuesday which turned
> out
> to be a good decision as it was very windy on Wednesday and Thursday, the
> days
> that I usually raise them.  The other days were spent putting out the feed
> lines and setting up the station.  I couldn't get an outboard voice keyer
> working on Friday, so all transmissions were live.  That lowered my
> incentive
> to call CQ.  I will lower the antennas after SS CW next weekend.
>
> There is a lot of satisfaction in putting together a station myself and
> operating it.  My plan was to have an enjoyable weekend and that was
> accomplished.  I am looking forward to the CW weekend.
>
> After the contest my wife and I went over to the cabin where N6WIN was
> staying for the weekend and we had dinner with Tim and his wife.  He had
> done
> some limited operating with his K3 and a 2 element tribander that was a
> modification of an A3S.  It was a nice time with several Pacificos pushed
> my way.
>
> 73, Kurt, W6PH
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