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Subject: [3830] 8P9JA M/S ARRL SSB
From: k4ma@mindspring.com (Jim Stevens)
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 23:46:10 -0500
                 ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1997


      Call: 8P9JA                    Country:  Barbados
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Single

      Club Affiliation: Potomac Valley Radio Club

      Operator List: K4MA & AA4NC

      Station Used: 8P9Z contest station on 
                    Warleigh Plantation, St. Peter Parish 

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS    STATES/PROV   ANTENNA
      160      248      744          46        Inv Vee @ 90 ft 
       80      807     2421          57        Inv Vee @ 50 ft
       40     1654     4962          58        3 el HyGain @ 90 ft
       20     2367     7101          59        TH6 @ 55 ft
       15     2335     7005          59        TH6 @ 55 ft 
       10      120      360          22        5 el @ 100 ft
     -----------------------------------
     Totals   7531    22593         301  =   6,800,493

Equipment Description:
See antennas above, TS-850S & Clipperton L using Heil Proset
and MFJ voice keyer.

And the secret weapon of a 1000 ft non-terminated, laying on
the ground, beverage that worked awesomely.

Comments:
First of all, thanks to K3KG, K3ZR, K4JG, & W4NL for letting us
rent their station.  They have an awesome station.  We felt loud
on all bands both inside and outside the contest.  Also a special
thanks to Jagan Ward, the plantation manager, who took great care
of us.

Only really problem was with line noise that mostly effected
20M.  Was rough going during the Saturday morning opening on 20M,
and our 20M Q total was low until late Sunday.  Look at the
last few hours in the rate sheet below.  20M really produced for
us finally at the end.

The Saturday 10M opening was a skew path.  We had to beam Africa
in order to work anyone.  Most stations were in NE: W1, W2, & W3 with
a VA and NC thrown in.  On the Sunday 10M opening, it seeme to
be more E-skip.  With the clouding moving from covering W8 & W9
to W5.  Furthest West worked was MO & TX.

Here's that rate sheet:

BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  8P9JA  ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST  Multi Single

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  

   0    .....    .....   160/36    60/15    .....    .....   220/51  220/51 
   1      .        .     245/8       .        .        .     245/8   465/59 
   2      .     108/31    95/5       .        .        .     203/36  668/95 
   3      .     189/17      .        .        .        .     189/17  857/112
   4   120/32    49/3       .        .        .        .     169/35 1026/147
   5    21/3       .     200/3       .        .        .     221/6  1247/153
   6    21/1     33/2     48/0       .        .        .     102/3  1349/156
   7      .      66/0     39/2       .        .        .     105/2  1454/158
   8     4/1     31/0     20/0     .....    .....    .....    55/1  1509/159
   9      .      21/1     35/0       .        .        .      56/1  1565/160
  10      .       2/1     60/1       .        .        .      62/2  1627/162
  11      .        .      12/0     91/20      .        .     103/20 1730/182
  12      .        .        .     179/11      .        .     179/11 1909/193
  13      .        .        .     181/2       .        .     181/2  2090/195
  14      .        .        .      94/0    220/33      .     314/33 2404/228
  15      .        .        .        .     267/8       .     267/8  2671/236
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....   262/3     .....   262/3  2933/239
  17      .        .        .        .     211/8      2/2    213/10 3146/249
  18      .        .        .        .     141/3     34/11   175/14 3321/263
  19      .        .        .        .     235/3       .     235/3  3556/266
  20      .        .        .        .     248/0       .     248/0  3804/266
  21      .        .        .        .     209/1       .     209/1  4013/267
  22      .        .        .     221/5     48/0       .     269/5  4282/272
  23      .        .        .     259/2       .        .     259/2  4541/274
   0    .....    .....   144/3      5/0     .....    .....   149/3  4690/277
   1      .        .     170/0       .        .        .     170/0  4860/277
   2    24/3     76/0      3/0       .        .        .     103/3  4963/280
   3    18/0     36/1     71/0       .        .        .     125/1  5088/281
   4      .      22/0     87/0       .        .        .     109/0  5197/281
   5      .      93/1       .        .        .        .      93/1  5290/282
   6    21/1     26/0     45/0       .        .        .      92/1  5382/283
   7     2/0     25/0     22/0       .        .        .      49/0  5431/283
   8     3/2     .....    41/0     .....    .....    .....    44/2  5475/285
   9      .      13/0     38/0       .        .        .      51/0  5526/285
  10     3/1     17/0     29/0       .        .        .      49/1  5575/286
  11      .        .      28/0      1/0       .        .      29/0  5604/286
  12      .        .       7/0     42/0       .        .      49/0  5653/286
  13      .        .        .     128/0       .        .     128/0  5781/286
  14      .        .        .     186/0      8/0       .     194/0  5975/286
  15      .        .        .      74/1     54/0       .     128/1  6103/287
  16    .....    .....    .....    50/1     82/0     .....   132/1  6235/288
  17      .        .        .        .      26/0     77/9    103/9  6338/297
  18      .        .        .        .     171/0      7/0    178/0  6516/297
  19      .        .        .      97/0     55/0       .     152/0  6668/297
  20      .        .        .      81/2     98/0       .     179/2  6847/299
  21      .        .        .     233/0       .        .     233/0  7080/299
  22      .        .        .     258/0       .        .     258/0  7338/299
  23    11/2       .      55/0    127/0       .        .     193/2  7531/301
DAY1   166/37   499/55   914/55  1085/55  1841/59    36/13    ..... 4541/274
DAY2    82/9    308/2    740/3   1282/4    494/0     84/9       .   2990/27 
TOT    248/46   807/57  1654/58  2367/59  2335/59   120/22      .   7531/301

73, Jim Stevens, K4MA (ex KI4HN)

email -- k4ma@mindspring.com
WWW   -- http://www.mindspring.com/~k4ma  -> see for vanity call info


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