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ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1999
Call: K1VR Country: United States Section: E MA
Mode: SSB Category: Single Unlimited High Power (SOABHP)
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 24 72 3.0 22
80 112 336 3.0 58
40 115 345 3.0 63
20 393 1176 3.0 105
15 557 1671 3.0 99
10 275 825 3.0 93
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Totals 1476 4425 3.0 440 = 1,947,000
On air hours (according to CT): 32.5
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Excuses: Started six hours late because (1) I had to figure out how to
set PATH statements correctly, and (2) had problem with F2 on MULT radio
DVK, cured by finding DB25M to DB25M cable with all 25 wires! 40M4SQ had
one vertical insulator break two days before contest in windstorm --
fixed Friday. RingRotor on 2el40 stopped rotating Saturday night during
heavy snowstorm. It will now rotate again, but no longer indicates. TH7
at 36' blocked from rotating South during heavy snowstorm as branches
laden with snow got in the way -- will be cured with a saw in Spring.
Beverages didn't seem to work during this contest.
Equipment Description:
K1VR Equipment Description, as of 1999:
Station #1: IC-765 (modified by K3LR), Heath SB-614 monitorscope,
AL-1200, Drake WH-7, two footswitches on wedge footrest (for single
op-multi transmitter use), ICE 419 switchable bandpass filters for
160-10, antennas and band pass filters automatically switched by Top Ten
Devices switch which gets frequency information from the IC-765 using a
K1CC interface, CW Sendin' Machine, Bencher paddle with Kansas City four
button add-on, for phone -- a DVP.
Station #2: IC-765, Heath HO-10 monitorscope, Henry 2K (2 x
3-400)(modified to include 160 by KC1Q), Drake WH-4, individual ICE
bandpass filters for 160-10, antennas and band pass filters switched by
Top Ten Devices switch.
Computers: 486DX-75 clone (VGA) with DVP,
486sx-33 clone (EGA) with DVK
Wyse dumb terminal -- wired in parallel to
computers and set to 43 line mode to permit a maximum "picture" of the
contest.
CT: Version 9.39B; TNC: PK-88 (networked by CT)
Antennas:
160 FVR Spitfire based on gamma rod and omega
matched 100' tower, 68 radials
80 Two element W1CF/W1FC phased vertical array
(.750" hardline stub), 40 radials each
40 Two element Cushcraft 40-2CD Yagi on TIC
RingRotor (.750" hardline stub); four element W1CF/W1FC phased vertical
array (.750" hardline stub), 40 radials each
20/15/10 TH6DXX @ 97'(T2X), TH6DXX @ 61' (swinging gate
side mount, HAM IV), TH7DXX @ 31' (fixed on EU), stacked with WX0B
(DuneStar) box.
20/15/10 TH7DXX @ 36' (separate tower and Ham IV)
Beverages: Six directions from three wires (single wires fed at
both ends and switched): E-W: 385'; N-S: 210'; NNE-SSW 410'
Club Affiliation: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Fred Hopengarten K1VR
Six Willarch Road
Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
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