CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: NQ4I
Operator(s):
NQ4I,KY5R,W4SVO,K4PK,K0EJ,W4LE,KF4GTA,VE7ZO,N4FD,N4OX,K4NV,K4BAI,K5KG,W4DD,WI4R
Station: NQ4I
Class: M/M HP
QTH: Griffin, Ga
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 222 16 59
80: 588 27 108
40: 761 30 116
20: 1740 38 148
15: 1065 33 122
10: 90 8 12
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Total: 4466 152 565 Total Score = 7,911,378
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
It was certainally fun using the Getscores.Org site to watch the race between
K3NA, K1TTT, and ourselves...wish the band by band breakdown was working...but
what a see-saw it was...I can only say that the propagation here in the South
East US was not at all like what was experienced in the North East US...It was
our best ever on 160 meters yet...excellent job by 160 M op Tim KY5R...making
qso's and mults right up to the end of the contest...our antenna improvements
have indeed helped here..planning on 2 more of the "Bulldog" slopers to make
for an even 4 of them...80 M saw our best ever score also..the new 6 element
array really has helped improve our score from previous years...its our best
ever for 80 meters and "hats off" to 80m op's Mark W4SVO (aka the Bulldog) and
Don K4PK...40 meters continues to puzzle us as to why its not making the
grade...the antennas will be examined and analyzed to try to see if
improvements can be made...I know that op's Mark K0EJ and Gene W5LE put their
hearts and souls into manning the stations on 40 meters...20 meters suffered
from adsorption during a large part of the daytime, and we never produced the
rates that others most definately had...Jim VE7ZO, Larry N4FD, Dennis K4NV, and
Jay N4OX really put in the hours....thanks for putting up with one of the more
difficult bands guys!! 15 meters was a pleasant surprize all weekend...Sunday
was much better than Saturday...John K4BAI and George K5KG really milked this
band for all it was worth..and on top of that we had JA openings both Saturday
night and Sunday night...good job John and George....10m had to be the most
frustrating band ever..we are too close to the Caribbean to work a single one
of them..it was only South America for us and then only LU, PY, CX...really
disappointing propagation....Jeff W4DD and Lee WI4R spent many hours cq'ing on
a really dead band....
Now for my soapbox....if you compare my line score with K3NA and K1TTT, it is
very apparent that our point per qso is much lower...and I am guessing that we
had somewhere near 500 zero point qsos(and all logged) ....I can only
re-emphasize that there should be recognition for all qso's....points should be
given for one's own country...it will not make the contest into a qso party, but
reward one's efforts accordingly...
We will see each of you in the CQWW CW in a couple weeks...gotta get 3 amps
repaired...and get ready for cw...a few spots "puleeze".....de Rick NQ4I
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