Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I have reported here. I think the ARRL DX
Contest was my last report. I haven't been really active in any
contest since then. I wasn't planning on being very active in the
WPX contest either. However when my first two contacts were
OH1NOR and S53M, I figured that it was a good weekend for 'pure'
QRP, and I put in almost 19 hours in the contest. Before I talk a
little more about the contest, let me describe my station to
those of you not familiar with it.
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K3WWP's Contest Station
I operate 'pure' QRP (and CW only) with an actual radiated power
around 5 W using the following:
Transmitter: Homebrew tube rig with a 6Y6 final amplifier
Transmitter Power Output: 5 W on all bands
Antennas: 160/80/40/15 - Random wire with apex 30 ft high
20 - Ground mounted vertical dipole
10 - Sloping dipole with center 20 ft high
Receiver: ICOM R71A Transmatch: Homebrew
Keyer: CMOS Super Keyer II with a homebrew paddle
QTH: On a small lot in a town in a river valley.
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My totals by band were:
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO PREFIXES
160 0 0 0.0 0
80 6 16 2.7 6
40 27 58 2.1 23
20 106 143 1.3 95
15 25 36 1.4 25
10 0 0 0.0 0
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Totals 164 253 1.5 149 => 37,697
That's the most points I have gotten in a WPX Contest.
There was a real pipeline into eastern Europe for my 'pure' QRP.
Not only could I work that part of the world, but I was working
it easily. Getting stations on my first call, and not having to
repeat my info. 24 of my QSO's came from that part of the world
including two new countries in RW2F and RW6AWT. I worked 11 new
band-countries and some 35 new prefixes.
I'd like to know if anyone can tell me the QTH for WL7E. The call
indicates Alaska, but in the QRZ on-line callbook he is listed as
being in Hawaii. If he was in Hawaii, I would think he should
have been signing /KH6. I don't really care about the one point
difference, but if he was in Hawaii, that means for the first
time ever, I got WAC in a single day.
I hope many of you read my article in the May/June 1997 National
Contest Journal. If you didn't, take a look at it, and let me
know what you think, good or bad. It is a description of 'pure'
QRP contesting.
Thanks to all who have responsed to my previous posts, my web
site, and my monthly column in Keynote.
If you want to learn more about my ham adventures with 'pure'
QRP, come visit K3WWP's Ham Radio Activities on the web at:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3852
73, John, K3WWP
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