1997 CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST
Call used: K6LA Location: 3
Category: Single Op All Band Mode: CW Power: 1500
Callsign of Operator: K6LA
Hours of Operation: About 44
band QSOs points zones ctys
160 7 13 5 6
80 68 142 16 29
40 661 1857 30 79
20 586 1614 30 80
15 381 1045 27 71
10 149 382 19 37
TOTAL 1852 5053 127 302 SCORE: 2,167,737
Equipment Description:
TS-950SD, TS-950SDX, Alpha 87A (2),
DuneStar Bandpass Filters, Coaxial Stubs (2 sets of stubs on 40 meters)
TopTen Automatic Stub Selection Boxes and Band Decoders, DuneStar antenna
phasing boxes for stacks, NA10.24.
160 Meters: First time out for Force 12 Linear Loaded Verticals tilt over
ground mounted, 4 full wave (but laid out twisted about) elevated radials -
supposed to be parasitic toward 75 degrees, separated 56' with my house in
the middle (obviously doesn't work right yet, may have to tear down the
house.) Ironically, 6Y4A was my only 160 DX.
80 Meters: Force 12 EF180S rotating dipole @ 77'
40 Meters: Force 12 EF340 3 element monobander @ 72'
20 Meters: Force 12 EF420 4 element monobanders stacked at 85'/53'
15/10 Meters: Force 12 EF515/410 5 element on 15 / 4 element on 10
interlaced on one boom, stacked at 53'/33'
Soapbox:
Hello Sunspots. Great JA runs on 15, 20, 40 and even 10 the last 75 minutes
of the contest, just when the doldrums were setting in. Did any 6's work EU
on 10? I'd like to know when if so. I had a great EU run on 20 just as the
started to come up. The only problem was, even with AGC off, they all sounded
about the same strength. Friday night
Lowlights included never hearing zones 21, 22, 23, 26 or 39. Don't know how
I could have missed so much when DXpeditions were so active from most of
those places.
For some reason, my generally prolific post contest writing desire just isn't
there for this one, even though conditions were good and I had a lot of fun.
73. Ken, K6LA - Ken Six Los Angeles, KWIDELITZ@DELPHI.COM
ex-AB6FO
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