CQ WW SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 28-Nov-98, 29-Nov-98
Callsign Used : W6XR
Operators : W6XR N2AU
Category : MS HP
Default Exchange : 599 05
Name : Natan Huffman
Address : 27 Hungerford Rd,
City/State/Zip : Ithaca/NY/14850
Country : United States
Team/Club : FRC
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries Zones
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160CW 35 35 81 25 14
80CW 115 112 294 56 17
40CW 478 477 1362 90 32
20CW 559 558 1630 107 35
15CW 469 466 1317 91 32
10CW 559 558 1603 94 31
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Totals 2215 2206 6287 463 161
Final Score = 3923088 points.
Commentary:
You really can't say anything about this one without starting with the
propagation! The contest was held during the best propagation I have ever
heard in over 30 years of contesting. So many choices to make. In
retrospect, you just went to the rate and did your best. The only
propagation story I will share is that I still found Europe coming in well
on 40 at 9:00 AM local, which means a 40 meter path of complete
illumination......that's
good stuff!
Did this year's CQWW CW with my friend Art, N2AU, who was just
remarkable. His skills are much fun to see and he seemed to have a good
time also. We found ourselves laughing much, at ourselves, and at having so
much fun. You had to be there!
We were unable to make the needed changes to the station to support MS
operation, so we were burdened with the single op 2 radio setup. Had
problems holding the cluster as clustering in this part of Western NY is
indeed an iffy thing. Only one computer glitch marred an otherwise perfect
hardware weekend. I must find a faster way to key in the callsigns as too
much time is being lost on my part. Found myself becoming mentally fatigued
very early, so MS is definitely the way to go.
Once again, we enjoyed the fray and look forward to the ARRL.
73,
Natan W6XR/2
Station description:
FT1000MP, ALPHA 86
FT920, ALPHA 374
TR LOG
160 -----Beta version of 160 1/4 wave vertical with 4 elevated radials (did
not spend enough time here)
80 ------Rotatable EF180B dipole at 82' (did not spend nearly enough time
on this band, but I slept well)
40 -------EF240X at 75'
20/15/10 Stacked C3 at 85 and 45'
10 -------4 el monobander at 85' (only made 8 Qs on this antenna as stack
was better this weekend)
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