CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1996
Call: N6BV Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 35 73 2.09 7 24
80 158 426 2.70 17 56
40 148 412 2.78 23 69
20 910 2575 2.83 32 122
15 828 2406 2.91 24 115
10 76 208 2.74 11 21
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Totals 2155 6100 2.83 114 407 => 3,178,100
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
IC-765/AL-1200: radio one
IC-765/Homebrew 8877: radio two
Stacked tribanders: TH7DX @90/60/30', Create 714X-3 @120'
2-el. 75/80-m quad @115', Inv. L for 160 m @90'
Club Affiliation: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
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.
Signature _________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS:
R. Dean Straw N6BV
32 Beacon Hill Road
Windham, NH 03087-1103
Soapbox (excuses column...)
I was pleased to see that propagation was about what IONCAP predicted
for 20/15 meters. I suspect that stations in New England were able to
benefit from their geographic proximity to Europe more than usual,
because at least on Saturday we had at least some 15-meter signal into
Europe, while the rest of the US had almost nothing. I had a peak
one-hour rate of 191 on 15 meters in the 13 UTC hour on Saturday!
Twenty meters was a total zoo, as usual, with frequent fights to hold
a run frequency. I had a peak rate of 101 on 20 meters early Sunday,
but then I pulled a real bone-head move trying to go to 15 meters.
I had the first station on 20 meters, and the second station on 40
meters using the 40-meter ground plane because I wanted to catch a
quick South American QSO without rotating the 3-element Yagi.
My mistake was to leave the switch on the ground plane. It tuned up
just fine on 15 meters... Unfortunately, it didn't play quite like
the three-stack of tribanders. I kept thinking to myself, in my groggy,
sleep-deprived state, that "conditions were really rotten" on Sunday
compared to Saturday. When I finally figured out why I couldn't get
the rate up higher than 42 -- with considerable struggle, I might add --
and put on the stack, the rate jumped to 74 on 15 meters, but by that
time I had lost almost three hours of prime time. Sigh...my antenna
switching system is obviously too complex for a mere mortal to use!
Other than that stupid move, everything else played well. I had more
multipliers than I usually get, but still was far down from K5ZD
and KM9P in the multiplier total.
I am looking forward to CQWW CW, and I intend to put a large red sign
up whenever I use the 40-meter ground plane to remind me to switch it
off when I'm finished with it!
73, Dean, N6BV
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults N6BV CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... ..... 56/26 7/5 ..... 63/31 63/31
1 . . 35/29 15/4 . . 50/33 113/64
2 3/3 3/3 6/4 5/0 . . 17/10 130/74
3 6/4 12/11 2/0 . . . 20/15 150/89
4 2/1 5/4 9/4 15/2 . . 31/11 181/100
5 . 47/13 . . . . 47/13 228/113
6 4/2 31/6 2/2 . . . 37/10 265/123
7 3/3 2/1 8/2 . . . 13/6 278/129
8 3/2 7/2 7/3 ..... ..... ..... 17/7 295/136
9 1/0 7/6 6/4 . . . 14/10 309/146
10 . 5/4 . 31/22 . . 36/26 345/172
11 . . . 77/12 8/5 . 85/17 430/189
12 . . . 27/1 82/28 . 109/29 539/218
13 . . . . 191/17 . 191/17 730/235
14 . . . 2/0 105/8 . 107/8 837/243
15 . . . . 80/15 . 80/15 917/258
16 ..... ..... ..... 3/3 36/5 23/6 62/14 979/272
17 . . . 7/0 22/7 28/7 57/14 1036/286
18 . . . 71/11 . . 71/11 1107/297
19 . . . 95/5 . . 95/5 1202/302
20 . . 1/1 48/10 2/1 . 51/12 1253/314
21 . . . 10/4 26/6 . 36/10 1289/324
22 1/1 6/2 24/11 5/0 . . 36/14 1325/338
23 . . . 7/1 . . 7/1 1332/339
0 ..... ..... 3/2 ..... ..... ..... 3/2 1335/341
1 1/1 5/1 10/3 . . . 16/5 1351/346
2 3/2 10/0 2/0 1/1 . . 16/3 1367/349
3 2/1 5/1 5/2 . . . 12/4 1379/353
4 1/1 . . . . . 1/1 1380/354
5 2/2 7/2 2/0 . . . 11/4 1391/358
6 . 2/0 4/1 . . . 6/1 1397/359
7 . . 2/0 . . . 2/0 1399/359
8 1/1 ..... 3/1 ..... ..... ..... 4/2 1403/361
9 1/0 . 4/2 . . . 5/2 1408/363
10 . . 1/0 28/0 . . 29/0 1437/363
11 . . 1/0 75/3 1/0 . 77/3 1514/366
12 . . . 101/6 . . 101/6 1615/372
13 . . . 18/0 18/0 . 36/0 1651/372
14 . . . 9/0 42/1 . 51/1 1702/373
15 . . . 1/1 74/1 10/5 85/7 1787/380
16 ..... ..... ..... 1/1 79/7 4/3 84/11 1871/391
17 . . . 15/0 31/6 . 46/6 1917/397
18 . . . 95/2 . . 95/2 2012/399
19 . . . 54/5 2/0 . 56/5 2068/404
20 . . . 13/1 8/2 11/0 32/3 2100/407
21 . 1/1 3/0 . 14/3 . 18/4 2118/411
22 . 1/1 . 16/4 . . 17/5 2135/416
23 1/0 2/0 8/0 9/0 . . 20/0 2155/416
DAY1 23/16 125/52 100/60 474/101 559/97 51/13 ..... 1332/339
DAY2 12/8 33/6 48/11 436/24 269/20 25/8 . 823/77
TOT 35/24 158/58 148/71 910/125 828/117 76/21 . 2155/416
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