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Subject: [3830] WPX SSB P40A(KK9A) SO(TS)AB LP
From: kk9a@arrl.net (kk9a@arrl.net)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:36:02 -0400 (EDT)
                     CQWW WPX - SSB
                    
Call: P40A
Operator(s): KK9A
Station: 

Class: SO(TS)AB LP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 36
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs   Prefixes
-------------------------------
  160:      0
   80:     45
   40:    210
   20:   1150
   15:    700
   10:   2145
-------------------------------
Total:   4250 x    940  =  12,596,000

Club: SOCIETY OF MIDWEST CONTESTERS

Comments:

This was my first attempt at operating the CQ WPX contest as DX.  I have done 
this contest many times from home and I've operated the ARRL DX contest as DX 
many times, so I thought I was ready.  I chose Aruba because it's a great 
vacation spot and also a great contest spot since it takes advantage of the 3 
point U.S. contacts.  My fiancee and I went to Aruba  a week before the 
contest.  It was very windy so setting up the antenna was no easy task.  I used 
a lot of rope and tied the tower to everything solid.  Four houses away  lives 
P49MR.  He has a beautiful home on the beach and a large crank up tower.  I was 
concerned about us interfering with each other during the contest, so I walked 
over and introduced myself.  He turned out to be a very nice gentleman. He 
doesn't rent out his place, so please don't even try.  (If you're looking for a 
place to rent for a vacation, please drop me an e-mail.)  He said that he 
didn't really intend to spend much time contesting, he just was going to play 
around for a few hours on 10M.  My fiancee and I spent the rest of the week 
enjoying the beaches shopping, dinning out and even a little windsurfing.  I 
spent many nights listing the wind blow against the house, sometimes going out 
the middle of the night just to see if the antenna was still standing.  I found 
P40V's house,  but he wasn't home.  We played a little phone tag, but I never 
got to meet this famous contester.  I decided to operate SOABLP since I could 
never beat P40V with my "Field Day" setup and lack of experience from this 
location.  I started the contest on 15M, since the contest starts at 8:00pm 
local time.  I only made about 5 contacts in 3 minutes so I switched to 20M.  I 
 later realized that I should have stuck it out, since my 20M rates weren't any 
better Apparently my neighbor was listening to me on 15 and when I left he gave 
it a try.   I guess with his bigger antenna and higher power he started to 
making a lot of contacts on that band.  P49MR got the contest bug and couldn't 
walk away.  He stayed on 15M the whole contest.  I stayed on 20M most of the 
night with an occasional attempt on 40M and 80M.  I didn't have much success on 
the low bands with my dipoles and low power.  During the day I spent most of my 
time on 10M which seemed to work pretty well for me.  I would occasionally try 
15M but the interference from P49MR made coping stations nearly impossible and 
I didn't seem to be attracting a big pileup anyway.  I was unhappy with my 
rates, but I guess this contest doesn't generate the high rates that the ARRL 
DX and CQWW do.  I should have S & P'ed a little, as I seem to be low on 
multipliers. I had a lot of fun doing  the contest and also vacationing  in 
Aruba.  Taking down the antennas were easier that putting them up, although 
everything had to be washed. There was a heavy coating of salt spray on 
everything.  I should be back in October for CQ WW!  This time a little 
stronger, hopefully.   QSL via WD9DZV.

73,
John


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