1996 CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST
Call used: K8CC
Location: 04
Category: Multi-Multi Unlimited Mode
CW Power: 1500
Calls of operators: AC8W
band QSOs points zones ctys
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160 131 273 16 56
80 443 1110 27 87
40 700 1799 36 107
20 1468 4251 38 138
15 722 2036 32 116
10 117 169 16 34
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TOTAL 3581 9638 165 538 SCORE: 6,775,514
Equipment:
160 Vertical, (2) 880' 2-wire beverages IC765 PT-2500A
80 Four square FT1000D 2K-3
40 3L @ 120', dipole @ 80' FT1000D 4-1000A
20 5L/5L @ 120'/60', 204BA @ 80' IC765 4-1000A
15 5L/5L @ 120'/60', PV-4 @ 60' IC765 3-1000Z
10 5L/5L @ 100'/60', 4L @ 75' IC765 8877
First time in quite a while that there was no need to venture outside
to do impromptu antenna work during the contest. Grid meter shunt in
the 20M amp let go early on 1st day, needle made quite a noise banging
against the stop until the band went dead at night and surgery could be
performed to disconnect the meter. At QSO #3447, the 15M computer shut
down because we forgot to load the XMS driver. All minor problems to
be sure...
Biggest improvement came on 160M, where in years past we have
established quite a reputation as a alligator. Two new 880' two-wire
reversible beverages NE/SW and NW/SW solved that problem. We now feel
we can hear better than we can transmit which is something new for us.
80M a disappointment - we had 77 countries the first night, but could
only snag ten more the second. Condx not as good the second day, with
gradually building QRN due to approaching storms from the west.
Not sure why, but the 40M country total went right into the tank.
Missed good long path to deep Asia Sunday AM. QSO total is typical for
us - we can't hear the next layer of weak EU despite a full size 3L
yagi. Looks like a stack is needed...
20M about the same. Nick, VA3NA is an absolute "iron man" on this band
and did a great job with the morning runs. Lots of mults in last hour
- three VS6s, V85, XX, BY, but the biggest thrill was finding 3W5FM on
14003.
15M improved in all categories, but no really big runs. Tower was bent
this summer due to the tractor colliding with a guy wire and will have
to be replaced next year. Looks like an opportunity for bigger and
better...
No surprise, 10M did not produce any big runs, but we had 50% more
mults than last year. S57A @ 1535Z on Sunday was the only European,
but condx to the Pacific were better than expected.
Several new faces on the crew this time. We're still learning how to
do this multi-multi stuff, and this shows in some of the opportunities
that we missed. However, everyone on the team got along well and all
appear eager to do it again in ARRL DX CW '97. Thanks to everyone for
their hard work.
73, Dave/K8CC
QSO AND RATE BREAKDOWNS
UTC 160 80 40 20 15 10 rate total
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00Z 6 14 41 4 5 1 71 71
01Z 9 22 31 6 0 0 68 139
02Z 5 22 14 6 0 0 47 186
03Z 7 38 11 3 1 0 60 246
04Z 9 35 18 6 0 0 68 314
05Z 13 20 24 2 0 0 59 373
06Z 6 16 41 0 0 0 63 436
07Z 10 11 10 3 0 0 34 470
08Z 7 9 12 1 0 0 29 499
09Z 1 8 11 0 0 0 20 519
10Z 6 5 11 21 0 0 43 562
11Z 2 12 14 22 0 0 50 612
12Z 6 7 10 84 22 0 129 741
13Z 0 7 12 107 60 0 186 927
14Z 0 0 16 109 46 2 173 1100
15Z 0 1 7 113 83 3 207 1307
16Z 0 0 1 101 65 0 167 1474
17Z 0 0 0 96 47 1 144 1618
18Z 0 0 4 63 22 9 98 1716
19Z 0 0 15 57 15 7 94 1810
20Z 0 4 39 37 19 3 102 1912
21Z 3 1 47 26 9 10 96 2008
22Z 3 5 36 38 9 0 91 2099
23Z 4 10 47 21 1 0 83 2182
00Z 1 18 12 2 0 0 33 2215
01Z 6 39 10 2 0 0 57 2272
02Z 2 11 25 0 0 0 38 2310
03Z 2 8 17 4 0 0 31 2341
04Z 1 20 15 3 0 0 39 2380
05Z 3 19 16 2 0 0 40 2420
06Z 4 10 3 3 0 0 20 2440
07Z 1 13 3 2 0 0 19 2459
08Z 3 8 6 3 0 0 20 2479
09Z 2 6 4 1 0 0 13 2492
10Z 2 2 4 8 0 0 16 2508
11Z 1 0 6 7 1 0 15 2523
12Z 0 4 7 31 11 1 54 2577
13Z 0 1 4 65 46 1 117 2694
14Z 0 0 2 57 92 10 161 2855
15Z 0 0 4 56 39 19 118 2973
16Z 0 0 0 74 36 10 120 3093
17Z 0 0 1 46 10 6 63 3156
18Z 0 0 1 35 11 7 54 3210
19Z 0 0 2 36 12 7 57 3267
20Z 0 0 12 16 7 3 38 3305
21Z 1 6 28 36 20 8 99 3404
22Z 0 8 15 28 17 3 71 3475
23Z 5 23 31 25 16 6 106 3581
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tot 131 443 700 1468 722 117 ---- 3581
0 point QSOs: 274
2 point QSOs: 379
3 point QSOs: 2960
QSO BREAKDOWN BY CONTINENT
160 80 40 20 15 10 total
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N America: 70 127 157 105 88 74 621 (17%)
(11%) (20%) (25%) (16%) (14%) (11%)
S America: 5 9 18 40 48 34 154 (4%)
(3%) (5%) (11%) (25%) (31%) (22%)
Europe: 48 265 436 1142 502 1 2394 (66%)
(2%) (11%) (18%) (47%) (20%)
Africa: 4 8 17 26 23 2 80 (2%)
(5%) (10%) (21%) (32%) (28%) (2%)
Asia: 0 22 47 146 40 0 255 (7%)
(8%) (18%) (57%) (15%)
Oceania: 3 10 24 9 20 6 72 (2%)
(4%) (13%) (33%) (12%) (27%) (8%)
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