ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: AA3B Country: United States - EPA
Mode: SSB Category: Single Unlimited - HP
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 14 42 3.0 13
80 138 414 3.0 55
40 153 459 3.0 66
20 378 1134 3.0 90
15 449 1347 3.0 104
10 142 426 3.0 39
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Totals 1274 3822 3.0 367 = 1,402,674
40 Hours of Operation
All reports sent were 59.
Equipment Description:
Station #1: TS 940S / HF2500
Station #2: TS 830S / SB230
160M: Inv Vee @ 60'
80M: Inv Vee @ 55' and Inv L Box
40M Inv Vee @ 50' and 3 el wire beam up 45' fixed on Europe
20/15/10M: A3 at 70'
Club Affiliation: Frankford Radio Club
This was my second best ARRL DX Score ever, second only to my 1991
effort. I beat my 1997 score by 3 dB!
Conditions here were great, with Sunday being the better of the two
days. Conditions on 20 and 15 were outstanding both days featuring
nice, long openings to Europe. We had an exciting JA opening on 15
meters on Sunday afternoon and plenty of South American stations on 10
meters throughout the daylight hours. My 160M totals were lower than in
past years, probably because I was having so much fun on 80 in the
evening hours.
I spent most of the contest in a search and pounce mode, although I did
enjoy several short lived runs on 20, 15 and 80. Many of us spent
Sunday afternoon chasing any new call sign spotted on the FRC / PVRC
packet cluster, and I suspect that several DX stations were astounded to
find themselves on the receiving side of a packet induced pile ups.
My connection to the FRC / PVRC cluster was unreliable and found that I
was frequently disconnected during times of heavy traffic. I spent a
lot of the contest in a listen only mode, which was frustrating -
especially when I ran across a new multiplier.
73 Bud AA3B
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