CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2001
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Call: L21I
Category: Single Operator
Power: High Power
Band: Mono 15
Mode: SSB
Country: Argentina
Zone: 13
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BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
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15 3857 11392 2.95 38 151
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Totals 3857 11392 2.95 38 151 =3D> =
2,153,088
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All reports sent were 59 13, unless otherwise noted.
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Equipment Description: Icom IC-781, Alpha 78
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Operator: Claudio Fernandez LU7DW
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Antennas:
6 elements Yagi @ 30 meter
15 elements Quagi @ 18 meter fixed to EU
6 elements Yagi @ 24 meter fixed to USA
6 Elements Delta Loop @ 18 meter fixed to JA
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Comments: After a lot of work during Thursday and Friday =
installing new antennas
for 40, 20 & 10 meter, under a hot sun and warm temp of 33 =
degrees Celsius (at
Friday evening my skin turned red as a shrimp) trying to work =
the contest all band,
3 hours before the contest start, the 20 meter 5 elements yagi's =
rotor stuck NW,
also the 2 x 10 meter's antennas didn't work very well, by the =
way, I take a shower,
a little rest and decide work 15 meter only.... Bad choice, =
nobody in 15 (everybody
was in 10 meter), bad propagation from SA and heavy lightning =
storm,
made a contest headache during all the weekend.
The high point was analyze, all the station's weak point for an =
SO2R AB operations.
(WPX SSB 2002 maybe)
The low point, the long delay in the return to my home flight =
(LU1IV's is=20
900 km from my home), made me a BIG problem with my boss, =
because
I promise my return on early Monday morning, but appear on my =
office
around 3PM.
Many Thanks again to LU1IV for his hospitality.
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Club Affiliation: LUCG
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This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
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Signature Claudio Fernandez - LU7DW
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