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[3830] ARRLDX CW W4ZV SOSB/10 HP

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Subject: [3830] ARRLDX CW W4ZV SOSB/10 HP
From: btippett@alum.mit.edu (btippett@alum.mit.edu)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 13:23:55 -0500 (EST)
                     ARRL DX Contest, CW
                    
Call: W4ZV
Operator(s): W4ZV
Station: W4ZV

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 27.3
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Mults
----------------------
  160:              
   80:              
   40:              
   20:              
   15:              
   10:   1752    113
----------------------
Total:   1752    113  =  593,928

Club: PVRC

Comments:

     Wow!  In spite of missing about 20 minutes during prime EU time Saturday 
AM (and I figure 40-50 Q's due to a bad connector), I still managed to beat my 
score last year and the record by about 1% because of more multipliers.  I 
worked all propagationally-difficult zones (18, 22, 23, 24 and 26) and even 18 
and 26 on both morning and evening openings.  Was a great thrill to be called 
by 3W, JT, E21 (HS), XX9, 9V, BV, etc!  Maybe just as exciting were all the QRP 
guys...OH9VL takes the prize with a power of "0R5" or 500 milliwatts.  I still 
recall the DL station who sent me "1" and I thought maybe it was a cut "ATT" 
for 100 W.  When asked for confirmation he said "1W to GP" as his signal peaked 
S8 on my meter!  N7ET/DU7 was another exciting QRP caller!  BTW does anyone 
know what JA3YBK was using?  He was weak but audible for a LONG time after all 
other JA's were gone.

     Signals from EU were incredibly strong here...some of the big guns peaking 
>50 dB over S9.  All the clicks and trash made for tough copy in the lower part 
of the band.  One OK told me I intermittently had some spurs, etc and I would 
like to know if others heard the same from me.  I've not had similar reports 
using the MP and a well-underdriven LK-800A amplifier so I'm inclined to blame 
it on simple overload due to the incredible conditions.  I found turning off 
the MP's preamp on 10 (Menu 8-4) did a lot to clean up similar trash I was 
hearing from many of the EU big guns.  The trash our radios put out is a real 
problem when 10 is open like it was (...BTW the same applies to strong local 
signals on 160)...most of it is unintentional but I suspect some of it is not.  
If you thought my signal was bad please let me know at btippett@alum.mit.edu.

     Thanks to God for the incredible conditions and to all for the QSO's and a 
very fun weekend!  (I almost wished I had tried 160 when I listened Friday 
night but 10 meters will be a distant memory when 160 sounds like that all the 
time in a few years!)

                                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV

P.S.  For CT users, watch out if you worked ND5S from both /FS and /PJ7...CT 
9.57.004 will count the multiplier correctly for the second QSO...but will 
count it as a DUPE and ZERO QSO points.


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