CQ Worldwide DX Contest - SSB
Call: W4WS
Operator(s): N4VHK, KU4BP, WB4MSG, KT4CD, N0KTY, KE4CPO,
Station: N4VHK
Class: M/S HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 3 3 3
80: 79 17 50
40: 129 23 76
20: 705 34 128
15: 647 34 129
10: 715 32 121
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Total: 2278 143 507 = 4,069,000
Club/Team: CDXA
Comments:
Equipment Description: TS 850, TS930 (2), FT767, HEIL PROSETS,
W9XT CONTEST CARD, SB-220 (3)
EQUIPMENT CASUALTIES: SB220, TS850, FT767
160: SHUNT FED 40' ROHN 25
80: SHUNT FED 40' ROHN 25, 80M LOOP @30-40 FEET
40: FORCE 12 C4XL @40'
20,15,10: FORCE 12 C4XL @40', FORCE 12 C3E @58'
10: 2L DELTA LOOP @30'
160-40: PENNANT RCV LOOP
Club Affiliation: CDXA
Last year our quote was "nothing over 40'". This year
we extended that to 58' with another tower tied to the
house with an F12 C3E on top. The best move we ever
made. An increase from 2.4M to 4 Million points. We did
manage to burn up the input circuit in an SB220- Thanks
to the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club for the last minute loan.
The same blow up took out the audio output of an TS850 and
the power supply of an FT767. (Yep- too much power into the
wrong antenna...) Still we reacted quickly and never fell
off the air completely. Highlights included a bizarre
run of propagation on Saturday afternoon that netted us
27 multipliers in 25 minutes on 3 bands! We broke in a new
contester, and finished off our Y2K effort with a fantastic
15 meter run to JA to push us over our goal of 4 million points.
Saturday runs were much more productive, and we didnt have the
kind of 15 meter propagation that many others seemed to have.
We did have an auburn sky at midnight Saturday night resulting
in terrible 20 meter overnight conditions. It was awful
listening to other SE stations ripping off qso after qso that
night while we could barely work EU. The CT serial network
with 3 computers worked perfectly except for 3 quick crashes
that were caused by too much RF in the shack (the shunts are
only several feet away from one of the operating positions.)
All the guys agreed to a 6 million goal next year- who knows?
All in all, a great final effort from the N4VHK QTH. We did
have a couple neighbors come to "visit"; one took our annual
event explanation OK- the other just stomped away (He's hopeless)
screaming that we were getting into his computer speakers.
Special thanks to my XYL Julie for putting up with a backyard
nightmare for the last month- I've promised her a warm climate
DXpedition and shopping trip in the next couple years...
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest. But
there was no CQ'ing on the mult rig, (thus no refusing to answer
non-mults,) and hence no zero-pointing non-mults on the mult rig.
Signature Henry Heidtmann, N4VHK
Trustee, W4WS
MAILING ADDRESS:
Winston-Salem Contest Crew, W4WS
934 Franklin Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
n4vhk@summitschool.com
http://summitschool.com/faculty/w4ws.html
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