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Subject: N6BV CQWW SSB
From: km9p@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:48:43 -0500 (EST)
   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
     ---------------------------------------------------

     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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