CQWW PHONE CONTEST -- 1998
Operator : K7EM
Category : Single Operator, Single Band, 40 Meters
Team/Club : Oregon Nocturnal Chordal Corps
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries Zones
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40SSB 904 904 2642 109 33
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Totals 904 904 2642 109 33
Final Score = 375,164 points.
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Station Equipment
Rig: Yaesu FT-1000D
Amp: Henry
Antennae: 3/3 full size yagis (DX Engineering) @ 160' and 80' on TIC
RingRotors. Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 80'
Software: TR Log
Comments:
Its great to see the solar flux back above 100 again! The last couple
years were an absolute bust due to the lack of propagation. Kudos to Paul,
K7PN, for doing a superb job on Thursday, Oct. 22, replacing a rotor in
the crank-up tower and replacing a damaged indicator pot in the top 40m
antennas ringrotor. One of the best pre-contest equipment additions was a
TimeWave DSP-59Y filter (installs in the Yaesu SP-5 speaker). It made the
difference between copying and not copying several stations.
I heard a total of 36 zones (no 18, 37, 34 or 39) and figure somewhere
around 115 countries. Conditions were very flaky into northern and central
Europe. This will improve once the SFI goes above 150 for a while.
A few High and not so highlights:
JW5NM called me during a JA run
4S7BRG called me during a JA run (rare to work zone 22) Great double mult!
Working CN8WW with 25 seconds to go! (A close call) :-)
Much higher activity from BY stations
Heard two zone 2 stations mult hunting but never listened up
Heard a zone 23 station working a UA3 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon local time
QSO'S BY CONTINENT
160 80 40 20 15 10 30 17 12 ALL
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USA calls = 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
VE calls = 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
N.A. calls = 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
S.A. calls = 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
Euro calls = 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 72
Afrc calls = 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Asia calls = 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
JA calls = 0 0 633 0 0 0 0 0 0 633
Ocen calls = 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
Unknowns = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total calls = 0 0 904 0 0 0 0 0 0 904
73, Steve K7EM
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Steve Kelly
skelly@hevanet.com
K7EM Web Page: http://www.hevanet.com/skelly
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