[UK-CONTEST] UK-Contest Digest, Vol 74, Issue 49

[Steve White]

Hooray! At last, some posts on this reflector about a CONTEST, rather than 
power levels. Well done, guys.

Steve, G3ZVW

>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:06:51 +0000
> From: Dez Watson <dez.zc4dw at virgin.net>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] ARRLDX CW G3WW(@M0EDT) SOAB LP
> To: UK Contest Reflector <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <49A3B8AB.1060107 at virgin.net>
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> ARRL DX Contest, CW
>
> Call: G3WW
> Operator(s): G3WW
> Station: M0EDT
>
> Class: SOAB LP
> QTH: IO92
> Operating Time (hrs): 36
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>  160:   28    16
>   80:  124    34
>   40:  248    38
>   20:  301    44
>   15:   13     7
>   10:
> -------------------
> Total:  714   139  Total Score = 297,738
>
> Club: Chiltern DX Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Nice to work a few new ones towards 5B WAS.
>
> Condx a shade better than last year I guess; 20 seemed to stay open for 
> longer
> and 80 in great shape but I didn't capitalise enough on that band.
>
> 15m was about the same as 2008, a handful of North Americans on Sunday
> afternoon at ESP levels.
>
> On the whole, an improved score and don't think I could have got any more 
> out
> of a simple wire antenna.
>
> FT-1KMP
> 260' doublet at 35' up
>

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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:01:49 +0000
> From: Dez Watson <dez.zc4dw at virgin.net>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] ARRL CW J88DR
> To: UK Contest Reflector <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <49A40BDD.9010303 at virgin.net>
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> On behalf of Dave:
>
>
> ARRL CW - J88DR / G3TBK
>
> I made a fairly serious entry into the ARRL CW contest, managing 33
> hours. I would have liked to do more, but I had a very busy week last
> week with several late nights.
>
> Rig IC-7000, Antennas A3S at 35 ft., R8 Vertical and 80m dipole
> end-loaded for 160m .
>
> My efforts were adversely affected by a problem with the vertical, which
> went high-SWR on 40m (and 30m also affected).
> This is my excuse for a poor score on that band!
>
> On the plus side top-band was much better than I expected. I managed to
> get the antenna a few feet higher last week and that was obviously
> beneficial. Over the last week we have had very strong winds, up to
> severe storm force. During Sat night - Sunday morning a halyard snapped
> - I was QRT fot 15 minutes whilst I did a bodge repair at 3 a.m. local
> time. all the local watch dogs barking furiously!
>
> Outcome (Stats from N1MM logger) :-
>
> Class: SOAB LP
> QTH: St Vincent
> Operating Time (hrs): 33
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
> 160:  120     32
> 80:   376     53
> 40:   479     48
> 20:  1129    60
> 15:   950     54
> 10:    11       4
> -------------------
> Total: 3065   251  Total Score = 2,307,192
>
> Average QSO rate throughout was 98 per hour.
>
> Best Rates: over 10 minutes 204/hr    over an hour 155/hr.
>
> Best runs:  160m    98 QSOs at  99/hour
>                 80m  170 QSOs at 119/hour
>                 40m  129 QSOs at  90/hour
>                 20m  186 QSOs at 151/hour
>                 15m   90  QSOs at 112/hour
>
> I worked all States, and missed only North-West Territories, Labrador
> and Nunavut from Canada. Even worked the Yukon on 2 bands!
>
> 15m was strange, very unstable signals. The band opened for different
> periods either day, and on Saturday it was all East Coast and central
> States, only one Californian and a couple of W7 States. On Sunday it was
> quite different, mostly West Coast.
>
> Good fun, now to sort out the Vertical and add a 40m dipole for the Fone
> (ARRL spelling!) section and BERU.
>
> 73 Dave J88DR / G3TBK
>
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