[SECC] CQWW M/S LP Score - KT4ZB

[kt4zb at aol.com]

Call: KT4ZB
Operator(s): K4WP KC2NYU KG4OZC KM4KFJ KT4ZB KW4B N4KKD N5GNA NY4D W4JKG 
Station: KT4ZB
Class: M/S LP
QTH: Savannah, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 48 
Location: USA


Summary:   Compare Scores

Band
QSOs
Zones
Countries

160:
8
5
5

80:
77
15
42

40:
165
18
65

20:
291
25
101

15:
267
27
89

10:
307
26
86

Total:
1115
116
388
Total Score
1,561,896


 
Club: South East Contest Club


Comments:     [email]     2015-10-26 08:35:47

I have the best Ham friends ever. The month before the contest they stripped thetower, refurbished antennas and installed a new 40m 2 el monobander. As a“reward”, I proposed hosting a Multi-Single LP entry with the goal ofbreaking the existing W4 and US records. Little did my crew of ragchewers, DXchasers and casual contesters realize that running a low power station 48 hoursin CQWW is a true challenge, involving not only skill but determination.Everyone jumped to transform the station layout into a M/S with RUN and MULTstations. The dual feed Six-Pak switch at the tower gave both stations sixantennas each and we added the 160m loop and K4WP’s portable 20m monobanderto the MULT station giving us a total of 8 different antennas..   After a crash course in operating the radios (my Elecraft friends have norespect for my old radios) and N1MM+, they were ready to learn on the job. Kevin, KB4W and Paul, KC2NYU started the evening with JA, KH6, KH7 and KH0’sin the RUN and the MULT working south. The new beam worked well on 40m and madethe highest country count for the station. The weekend was virtually all S&Pand it shows in the QSO count. Lowell, NY4D, Bob, N5GNA, Ken, W4KJG and Steve,KG4OZC gave up sleep time to keep the station going in the wee hours of thenight. Being on 20m at 1am was great; we worked all those fluttery signals overthe pole including A71 and A73. One UA6 calling CQ had a real problem with ourcall until he realized we were stateside. Chuck, N4KKD worked hard on 80m andSteve, KG4OZC and Karl, KM4KFJ pitched in and developed new radio skills. My DXbuddy Bill, K4WP put in several hours at both stations as well as watching overthe stations equipment. Kevin, KW4B and Ken, W4KJG closed out the contest withsome needed Asia double mults The MULT station added S0S as our last contactfor DXCC on 20m. As for me, KT4ZB, I made only 160 contacts, my lowest QSOcount ever and I was accused of being a “Helicopter” parent..    All had fun chasing DX - Had a total of 30 JA contacts in the log which in SEGeorgia is wonderful.  And  BY, VR2, HS, A71, A73, KH0, KH2, YB, TK, C3, ZD7,VU, were nice additions to the total.     We accomplished our goal of breaking the existing W4, US and NA record forthis category; but, most of all everyone had fun and developed new operatingskills. The station worked well and N1MM+ was rock solid. That and having anAll Star team made for a memorable weekend.   Thanks to CQ and the CQWW committee for sponsoring this great contest.  Andthanks to all the folks around the world whose contacts filled our log. Best - JereFT1000MP Field and FT1000MP Mk V(100w), TH6DXX, A3S, XM240 for 40m, 40 and 80mdipoles, inverted L for 160m, 160m horizontal. loop, 20m portable Yagi andN1MM+.

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