1998 W1BB 160M DISTANCE CHALLENGE
Call used: K8ND Location: EN80
Category: Single Op, High Power Power: 1500
Callsign of Operator: K8ND
Exchanged Information: K8ND EN80
Hours of Operation: 09:59
QSOs points
TOTAL 301 900 = 900
Comments:
FT-1000MP, Alpha 91b, Inv-L (40-feet vertical), four "shorty"
300-foot 2-wire Beverages (8 directions).
Ugh. Big difference from last year!
"He who fails to study the results of the past is doomed to
repeat them."
When it came to maximizing score, high-power was a mistake, and
one that few others made. Conditions lousy. Only my second
contest of 1998, haven't spent much time on the band yet this
season, and my brain said "Sleep, stupid" after ten hours of
slogging.
Heard more DX than I could get to hear me, including DL1YD,
EA6ACC, and IV3PRK. Called them in the clear, with no responses.
It was nice getting called by YV1NX (even without the grid),
and nice to see that I hadn't completely wasted my time putting
up the North-South 2-wire Beverage.
Jeff Maass jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us http://www.netexp.net/~jmaass
USPSA/IPSC # L-1192 NROI/CRO Amateur Radio K8ND NW of Columbus Ohio
"Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do."
- Bertrand Russell
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