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Subject: [3830] FS5PL (W2GD op.) CQWW CW
From: w2gd@hotmail.com (John Crovelli)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 09:18:00 PST
                CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1997


      Call: FS5PL (W2GD opr.)     Country: Fr. St. Martin
      Mode: CW                   Category: SOAB HP

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES

      160      286      589     2.06     11      30
       80      738     1765     2.39     18      72
       40     1097     2845     2.59     26      85
       20     1132     2888     2.55     34      93
       15     1668     4064     2.44     31      93
       10     1362     3315     2.43     28      79
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals   6283    15466     2.46    148      452  =>  9,279,600

Operating Time:  43 hours

Equipment Description:  TS930S, Ameritron AL82, Cushcraft A4/40 @ 40 
feet, Inverted Vs on 80 and 160 @ 35 feet, NO rx antennas.


WOW, what a contest.  Conditions were great on the high bands and 
relatively poor on the low bands.  Glad to hear the long path producing 
points again too.  Fabulous runs, especially on 10M and 15M the second 
day kept my adrenaline pumping.  The results show that even a very 
modest station can perform very well under the right conditions.  No rx 
antennas limited 160/80 results although the bands were relatively quiet 
for this time of year.  5V7A was very loud on top band but no QSO - 
darn!.  Raw score just surpasses TI1C/N6TR's old N.A. record.

Special thanks to W1WEF and W2VJN/7 for their thoughts on how to repair 
my TS930 that arrived inoperable.  Fortunately I was able to make my old 
faithful xcvr come back to life.

Congrats to the K1KI team for being the first station to work me on all 
six bands.  The K3LR team gets honorable mention for being one of the 
first to work me as I moved band to band.  

Many thanks to FS5PL for allowing me the use of his station.  The view 
from the operating position which overlooks Orient Bay was breathtaking.  

QSL via N0JT.

Finally, thanks to all the DX stations that were willing to QSY when 
asked.  Bravo!


73, John W2GD/P40W

e-mail  W2GD@hotmail.com



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