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Subject: [3830] K4RO WPX CW Part Time
From: k4ro@music-city.tdec.state.tn.us (K4RO Kirk Pickering)
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 10:03:48 -0500
                        CQ WPX CW SUMMARY SHEET

 Contest Date : 24-May-97                     Callsign Used : K4RO

 Category : SO HP TS                          Default Exchange : RST S/N

 Team/Club : Tennessee Contest Group

                                                       IC-761 & 75A-4
   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Prefixes    AL-811 500W
 _____________________________________________________ TR-Log 6.02

   80CW        7           7         28        4     1/4 wave sloper @ 70'
   40CW      130         129        518       79     "Boom dipole" @ 98'
   20CW      472         460       1061      287     Pro-57a @ 98'
   15CW       87          86        199       41       "
   10CW       10          10         26        6       "
 _____________________________________________________

 Totals      706         692       1832      417 


    Final Score = 763,944 points.    Total operating time: 16.5 hours.


 Soapbox Comments
 ________________

 This year's CW WPX turned out to be my first real encounter with Murphy
 during a contest. I had major computer problems, which eventually
 resulted in a total hard disk failure.  By the time it was clear I was
 about to lose months if not years of work, I punted the contest and
 began two days of fruitless recovery attempts.  Bummer.  Total operating
 time was 16.5 hours.

 Conditions were pretty good from TN.  I don't think TN is such a bad
 place to be for this contest.  Very interesting propagation this time
 of year from the mid-south US.  Had some good strong signals from
 JA, best I've heard in a while.  Where were all the BV's and BY's I
 heard every morning on 20m the week before?  Never heard a single one.
 Good condx over the pole the first night, just like the few weeks prior.
 Many strong Russian signals, and excellent fists behind them.

 It felt like I worked far fewer zero-pointers with the K4 PFX than last
 year. (Last year I was WR3O.)  I hope to do some comparison of the actual
 numbers, and see what the difference really was.  I enjoy this contest,
 naysayers, cut-numbers, and zero-pointers notwithstanding. :-)  Already
 planning for next year.  Thanks for the QSO's!


                    Rate Sheet  K4RO  WPX CW 1997 


  HOUR   80CW    40CW    20CW    15CW    10CW    TOTAL   ACCUM
  ----  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------   -----   -----
    0       0       0      64       0       0      64      64
    1       0       0      82       0       0      82     146
    2       0       4      66       0       0      70     216
    3       0      56       0       0       0      56     272
    4       7      38       0       0       0      45     317
    5       0       1       8       0       0       9     326  Disk problems
    6       0      15       0       0       0      15     341  repair attempts
    7       0      12      21       0       0      33     374
    8       0       3       0       0       0       3     377   
    9       0       0       0       0       0       0     377  Off time 
   10       0       0       0       0       0       0     377  
   11       0       0       0       0       0       0     377
   12       0       0      58       0       0      58     435
   13       0       0      39       0       0      39     474
   14       0       0       3      30       0      33     507
   15       0       0      16      22       0      38     545
   16       0       0      24      10       0      34     579
   17       0       0      12      13       0      25     604
   18       0       0      13       1       2      16     620  More disk
   19       0       0      13       0       0      13     633  drive problems
   20       0       0      25       0       0      25     658
   21       0       0       0      10       7      17     675
   22       0       0      10       0       1      11     686
   23       0       0       6       0       0       6     692  Disk failure

           80m    40m     20m     15m      10m 
           ---    ---     ---     ---      ---
  TOTAL     7     129     460      86      10 

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