ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: VE6SV Country: Canada
Mode: SSB Category: Multi Two
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES ANTENNAS
160 11 30 2.7 6 Inverted Vee @ 135'
80 47 141 3.0 28 Inverted Vee@135'/4 -Square
40 128 375 2.9 57 2el Yagi @ 145'
20 1491 4449 3.0 108 Stack 5el @ 135'/85'
15 730 2190 3.0 80 6el Yagi @ 85'
10 88 252 2.9 20 5el Yagi @ 90'
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Totals 2495 7437 3.0 299 = 2,223,663
Operator List: VE6SV,VE6AQE,VE5FN,VE6VW,VE6FW,VE6NAP
Note: Sunday saw only VE6SV & VE6AQE
Whow, what a difference in prop this year! Weekend saw a K = 1 to 0.
A very big thanks to my operators, as usual they did great job.
Sunday, myself and Andy held down the two operating positions as the
others headed for a great flea market and dinner at the Eagle Hills
ARC general meeting.
This was a first for the VE6SV team in a Multi-Two category. Doing
a M/S for years, it took us awhile to get our heads around the fact
we needed to have "both" stations going hard. We kept slipping into
a M/S mindset!
All hardware worked fine business, a nothing broke effort. We did
encounter some bottlenecks regarding available antenna selection
from the two operating positions. This will be solved this summer
with additional antennas, separate feedlines and more in-depth
antenna switching networks.
It was great to see 20-15 very much alive, after five years of drought
under the declining sunspot cycle. Eu and Ja runs were a treat !
During our run sessions we were also treated to the following rare
DX call-ins; 9J2FR,7Q7JL,9X0A,5N7YZC,9M6BG,5R8FV,8Q7BE,EM1HO (80M)
TM1C(80M)
Again it was great, see ya all in CQ WW WPX SSB.
73 de Gord VE6SV
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Gordon R. Kosmenko Home 403-922-4331
277-52306 Rge Rd 212 Work 403-414-1266
Sherwood Park, AB Fax 403-414-1269
T8G 1A9
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