CQ WW CW SUMMARY SHEET Contest Dates : 29-Nov-97, 30-Nov-97
Callsign Used : K4RO Operator : K4RO Category : Single Operator
HP Un-assisted
Team : Tennessee Contest Gladiators # 1
Club : Tennessee Contest Group
Station: IC-761 , AL-811 (500W) TR-Log 6.17 20-10M: PRO-57A @ 100'
40m: dipole @ 100' + 1/4 wave GP 80m: 1/4 wave sloper @ 70'
160m: 1/4 wave tilted GP with 1 elevated radial
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries Zones
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160CW 24 24 42 15 8
80CW 67 67 164 43 12
40CW 171 169 433 70 22
20CW 262 258 695 75 28
15CW 553 539 1556 78 27
10CW 187 182 506 54 19
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Totals 1264 1239 3396 335 116
Final Score = 1,531,596 points.
My 3rd CQ WW CW. It's now clear that this is THE contest. What a blast!
I Now have some idea what it's like to have some propagation on 10 & 15.
Having started contesting in 1994, I've never had it like this. I now
actually enjoy DX contesting; mainly because I can truly run for a few
hours on 15 and 10 when they are open. My last few DX contests were a
pure S&P grind for 2 days -- not much joy, as I'm sure many can attest.
Nice Sunday morning opening on 10m to Europe, and 15 meters just kept
delivering QSOs from Europe, South America and Japan as the sun's
radiation traveled across the globe.
I need to figure out how to spend more time in the chair for this
contest. Looks like I put in around 37 hours or so, a few more than
last year. Had to unplug everything a couple of times due to major
thunderstorms, but at least they didn't begin until 1900Z Sunday.
It's very difficult to make the decision to shut down the station
after putting in 30+ hours of operation. As soon as the lightning
would subside, I'd fire the station back up.
Once again, this contest revealed that many station improvements are
needed, as always. I didn't get the 2nd yagi installed in time, but
sure plan to for next year. A few things broke down, and need to be
reinforced for next time. I made a total of ten (10) second radio
QSOs. Not worth the effort this time. It still looks like the biggest
contesting investment I can make at this time is in the operator training,
despite other allures.
DX heard and missed -- 40m: VR8A and FK8HC ; 15m: BV4FG
Tons of great DX worked, as always in the CQWW CW. I basically never
want to miss this contest. There's nothing like it. Thanks for the
QSOs, and see you next year.
-Kirk K4RO in Pegram, Tennessee (just west of Nashville)
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