CQ WORLD WIDE PREFIX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: NP4Z (@KP3P) Country: Puerto Rico
Mode: CW Category: Multi Single
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q PREFIXES
160 0 0 0.0 0
80 22 110 5.0 1
40 1500 7980 5.3 474
20 1316 3584 2.7 214
15 1219 3353 2.8 174
10 35 93 2.7 12
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Totals 4092 15120 3.7 875 = 13,230,000
Operator List: NP3A, KP3L, NP4Z
Equipment Description:
TWR 1 120ft
20M 5el@90ft
15M 6el@60ft
TWR 2 75ft
40M 4el@75ft
10M 6el@60ft
Hanging between towers, 80m 2 el inv V wire Yagi fixed USA @ 70ft
585ft Terminated Beverage NE
Ethernet networking
We went roughly over the NA record: KP2A('89) 12,843,135 835.
Our discussions weeks before the contest about band changing strategies
really helped. In the WPX, the cost of being in the wrong band is very high.
Our strategy was based in two points.
1. Focusing on low-rate 3/6 pts EUs instead of high-rate 2/4pts NA.
2. Take advantage of the short 6pt EU opening on 40M. The night time overlap
between EU and the Caribbean is very short in the summer. At 6z (2am local)
there is day light over most of EU.
The first night, the 40m antenna was stuck on ~10deg. Most of the Pacific mults
came in the second night after fixing the problem. This was the only problem we
had. The lack of a 10m opening, made a big hole in our score.
As usual, we had a lot of fun. Thanks to Moisex, KP3P, and Mima for being so
excellent hosts and for making this one, another successful operation of the
Puerto Rico Contest Club.
73s Eric M. Guzman, NP3A
cw4ever@isla.net
PRCC Home Page: http://tcess.upr.clu.edu/PRCC
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