ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: W9RE Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator
High Power : Unassisted
: 42 hours
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 19 57 3.0 13
80 93 279 3.0 48
40 249 747 3.0 73
20 995 2985 3.0 115
15 1150 3450 3.0 107
10 91 273 3.0 26
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Totals 2597 7791 3.0 382 = 2,976,162
Rig #1 IC-781, Alpha 76PA,
Rig #2 TS-930 and Alpha 78
Antenna: 160: 1/4 wave Vertical and 4 beverages (didn't do much good)
80: Phased bobtails NE/SW, V-beam 500' on each leg-SE
1/2 Sloper NW and beverages
40: 3 ele full size at 170' and V-beam, (never turned beam SE)
20: 5/5/5 at 175'/110'/50' NEW this year, 204BA at 60' fixed SE
15: 4/4/4/4 at 160'/120'/80'/40',
5/5 razor beams (combo quad/yagi) at 100'/35' and 4 ele fixed SE
10: 5/5 razor beams at 90'/55', 4 ele fixed SE
4/4 130'/100' not used (only rotates from AF to JA)
Mike Wetzel W9RE
7880 Shelbyville Road
Indianapolis, IN 46259
Continent Statistics
W9RE ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST Single Operator 8 Mar 1998 1700z
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 16 24 28 41 48 15 172 6.5
South America 3 6 9 34 40 73 165 6.2
Europe 0 57 138 633 732 0 1560 59.1
Asia 0 1 50 267 303 0 621 23.5
Africa 0 3 6 14 22 1 46 1.7
Oceania 0 2 18 21 33 3 77 2.9
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults W9RE ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... 7/6 26/15 23/19 17/13 6/1 79/54 79/54
1 . 11/7 2/0 40/10 6/1 . 59/18 138/72
2 . . 4/2 72/4 . . 76/6 214/78
3 3/3 4/3 6/3 38/0 . . 51/9 265/87
4 . 13/6 15/6 5/1 . . 33/13 298/100
5 4/4 14/6 10/6 2/1 . . 30/17 328/117
6 4/1 5/4 14/7 1/0 . . 24/12 352/129
7 1/1 4/3 15/4 . . . 20/8 372/137
8 3/2 2/2 19/8 ..... ..... ..... 24/12 396/149
9 1/1 1/0 42/2 . . . 44/3 440/152
10 . 3/2 6/2 2/2 . . 11/6 451/158
11 . . 3/1 65/22 . . 68/23 519/181
12 . . . 107/11 5/3 . 112/14 631/195
13 . . . 103/9 10/6 . 113/15 744/210
14 . . . . 95/18 14/6 109/24 853/234
15 . . . . 119/14 12/5 131/19 984/253
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 110/8 6/3 116/11 1100/264
17 . . . . 76/3 4/3 80/6 1180/270
18 . . . 1/1 39/11 11/2 51/14 1231/284
19 . . . 28/3 3/2 21/2 52/7 1283/291
20 . . . . 27/7 . 27/7 1310/298
21 . . . 14/3 49/2 . 63/5 1373/303
22 . . . 2/1 91/0 . 93/1 1466/304
23 . . . . 114/4 . 114/4 1580/308
0 ..... ..... 1/1 39/7 2/0 1/0 43/8 1623/316
1 . . . 59/3 . . 59/3 1682/319
2 . 2/0 1/1 33/0 . . 36/1 1718/320
3 . 7/0 9/0 3/2 . . 19/2 1737/322
4 . 1/0 2/0 4/1 . . 7/1 1744/323
5 . 16/6 8/5 . . . 24/11 1768/334
6 . . 10/2 . . . 10/2 1778/336
7 2/1 . 20/3 . . . 22/4 1800/340
8 1/0 1/1 22/2 ..... ..... ..... 24/3 1824/343
9 . . . . . . . 1824/343
10 . . 2/0 2/0 . . 4/0 1828/343
11 . 1/1 . 37/3 . . 38/4 1866/347
12 . . . 96/4 . . 96/4 1962/351
13 . . . 76/0 . . 76/0 2038/351
14 . . . 27/2 23/2 1/0 51/4 2089/355
15 . . . 1/1 107/3 . 108/4 2197/359
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 73/1 1/1 74/2 2271/361
17 . . . . 61/0 . 61/0 2332/361
18 . . . . 35/2 2/0 37/2 2369/363
19 . . . 6/2 11/2 7/1 24/5 2393/368
20 . . . 46/1 3/2 . 49/3 2442/371
21 . . . 58/1 . . 58/1 2500/372
22 . . . 4/0 62/2 5/2 71/4 2571/376
23 . 1/1 12/3 1/1 11/1 . 25/6 2596/382
DAY1 16/12 64/39 162/56 503/87 761/92 74/22 ..... 1580/308
DAY2 3/1 29/9 87/17 492/28 388/15 17/4 . 1016/74
TOT 19/13 93/48 249/73 995/115 1149/107 91/26 . 2596/382
I started the contest out by hitting 10,15,20 and 40 during the first hour.
But only 1-JA on 15. I concentrated on finding the JA opening on 20 as I
missed most of it on the CW weekend (only 50 JA's on 20on CW) so at 0154z I
worked my first JA on 20 and ran on 14.253 from 0136z to 0343z. During the
run a JT, HS1 and KH0 called in with last JA at 0341z. 0350z was the first
of very few q's on 160. 0601z first JA on 40 and I ran JA's for the first
or second time ever from 0904z to 0952z (q#400 to #438).
At 1040z I worked the first Eu on 20 and started running on 14.166 from
1139z (#470) to 1354z (#737). I think it was at this time while trying to
find a freq that the first of 2 run ins with K5ZD (at time unknown op)
occurred. Guess I should have figured out since the op ran me off that it
was not an east coast op (they usually ignore me since I don't present much
of a challenge on 20 anyway). After the contest I see the op was Paul K9PG
had I known that at the time I would have given him a hard time for running
me off! During run on 20 some good mults that called were 7Z, A92 and V73.
First Eu on 15 at 1239z on 2nd radio. At 1355z (#738) I went to 15 for a
short run on 21.280 from 1404z (#754) to 1445z (#841) then I went to 10 for
serious working of LU's and just a few Carib and SA mults. Back to 21.434
at 1526z (#903) till 1826z (#1222) during the time I did move 7Q7 to 20 (one
of a handful of successfull moves) worked a V51 on 15 and worked Jim ZD8Z on
10 at 1703z for only African on 10. 1903z back to 20 and first q is OD5.
At 2126z(#1342) I start on 21.212 beaming JA and stay on that freq till
2357z (#1598) with one hour of 114. Mults that called in were KL7!, 9Z4,
HL, and DU. Last JA at 2350z. At 0014z I started on 14.247 (#1606) and ran
till 0222z (#1725) and worked FO, DU, BV, 9G, HL, BA, and 9N1. Last JA was
at 0248z, with next hour 03z doing both 80 and 40 with limited success. I
take my first break at 0400z for about a 20 minute rest-no sleep. 0500z
(#1769) I work HB9, LZ, OZ, Z3, GW and LY for mults on 80 and on 40 I work
OH, OH0, LZ, SM and 3A that I try and move to 80 with no luck. At 0712z I
finally catch VP9ID on 160. At 0752z (#1810) I try again running on 40 with
finally a little success. I get a G, SP and PA to call me for new mults!!
Still I need a G on 80! I am able to run till 0829Z (#1842). 0857z I
finally catch V47KP on 80. I decide I better sleep some for the morning
runs so I sleep from 0900z to 1045z.
On 80 at 1105z (#1851) I work a JA. At 1148z (very early for me) I start on
14223 after being run off ZD's freq again (I guess this is a habit) and stay
till 1436z (#2092) with ES, CN J68, YV VR2, and an EA6 (which I move to 15)
for new ones. I go to 21.222 at 1447z (#2096) and stay till 1914z (#2410)
during which time I work 7Z5, EK6 and a VU (that I move to 20). I work an
XE on 10 at 1632z for new one. I try moving a TK with no luck but do work
5H, ZS 7X, and V3. Back on 20 for new ones 5X, 5B4, 5N7 (which I move to
15), and V6. This time I'm on 14195 from 1955z (#2426) till 2143z (#2534).
At 2200z (#2546) I follow WB9Z up the band on 10 and I work a KH6 and ZL
which are new for me (don't know about Jerry). My last run starts on 21.221
at 2212z (#2551) till 2258z with 9M6 and BA for new ones, when I break it
off to try 40 meters where I asked several stations (4x, YO, EI) to meet me
for skeds (but it didn't work out) I did work the OD and SV though. Went to
80 late for sked with G0IVZ but worked another G for my first one on 80
(that's how bad it is back here). Back on 15 for short 15 minute run but do
pick up a VR2 for final mult.
All in all a very good contest for this period of cycle from black hole.
Had some nice rates and lots of mults for ARRL. 160/80 pretty bad here, 40
not bad. Jerry WB9Z beats me again (he did last year too) on low bands
(160/80/40) 374/138 to 361/134 but I was a little more competitive than
last year.
I had very few 2nd radio q's this weekend as opposed to CW where I had the
most of any contest (guessing 200 or so). Frequencies were at such a
premium and rates so high that it just didn't work out.
No murphy here except for one rotor indicator and telephone RFI at neighbors.
I have been fighting a 20db over 9 noise on 80 and 160 since September even
on the beverages and the power company rfi fighter fianlly brought by an oil
switch on Friday afternoon that they had just replaced that had arcing
across the bushings and this helped me quite a bit.
Congrads to K1AR, N6BV, K5ZD (K9PG) and WB9Z for nice scores.
73-Mike W9RE
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