CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1994
Call: K1KI Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Multi Multi
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 151 304 2.01 13 52
80 458 1288 2.81 21 85
40 929 2593 2.79 36 129
20 1527 4410 2.89 40 140
15 687 1958 2.85 33 120
10 136 360 2.65 20 65
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Totals 3888 10913 2.81 163 591 => 8,228,402
Operators: K1KI K1TO K1CC K1ZZ W1OD AA2Z K5FUV
160: TS850/Alpha87 Ground plane, Beverages
80: TS950/Titan 5el Inv Vee beam@90', dipole, Beverages
40: TS850/Alpha86 2el@120', 2el@80'
20: FT1000/Al1200 5el@130'/4el@99'/4el@66', 4el@33'
15: TS850/Alpha87 5el@105'/5el@60', 5el@35' (rig shared w/160)
10: TS950/Titan 5el@94', 5el@65', 4el@45' (rig shared w/80)
Alt: TS850/Alpha76 TH6dxx@130'
Notes:
Too much antenna work still going on Friday of the contest! Main antennas
for 20 and 40, plus secondary 80m antenna all not working... Had to take
down Force-12 80M dipole two weeks ago after one side broke in the wind, and
the re-taped coax for the 5el 20M then snagged on the tower top and pulled
out of the LTA balun. Topping that off the 2el 40M at 130' failed with a
shorted feedline between the tower top and the feedpoint! It was 27F and
35mph winds on Thanksgiving and we (nearly) fixed the 20M beam before
dropping the last nut to attach the feedline. Too cold to climb down, get
it, and finish the job. So Friday we finished that, took the 2el 40 off the
10' mast above the tower, moved the TH6 to 130', replaced the 40M coax and
put it back at the 120' level. Even had a couple of hours to get things
ready for the contest inside!
During the contest we managed to transmit 1500w into the front end of the
TS950, whew, what a smell burning resistors make! Loss of 30 minutes, swap
in the spare radio. Then the 40M amp was only putting out 900w on Saturday
night. Loss of 30 minutes trying to find problem (nothing found). Then
discovered it was in the low power position... CT 9.14 worked really well.
Even with strange serial cables and null modems, no toroids, no special
grounding - no crashes!
Some Europeans to work at 08-09-10Z Saturday morning on 15M, some nice SE
longpath on 20M at 07Z on 20M (VK8TG), and even heard 5R8DS on 40M longpath
Sunday morning. Frustrating to hear 5R8 XX9 YB 9V VQ9 J45 9M8 on 40M and not
be able to work them after the solar storm kicked in. That VU for the last
zone on 20M Sunday afternoon was really nice!
Biggest strategic error was putting 15 and 160M together, things were too
good Friday night on 15 and we didn't really get started on 160 until almost
02Z. Dissappointed that we weren't more competitive on 80M. The first night
we were about even with N2RM (we didn't know it then), but the second night
they had twice as many 80M QSOs. Stations to the South and East seemed to
get through on one call, while we kept calling. Similarly when 15M opened to
Europe on Sunday morning, those South and East did much better. Hard to
believe K5ZD had a 139 and 130 hour when we were at 89 and 87...
All in all the results were good, a solid #3 again in the east coast multi-
multi category (same as in ARRL DX CW this year). Beating N2RM and W3LPL
looks to be a harder task than we originally figured! One of these days...
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults K1KI CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... 32/19 70/38 87/19 46/13 1/1 236/90 236/90
1 2/2 21/9 51/23 83/9 28/3 . 185/46 421/136
2 7/7 15/7 45/17 78/9 9/1 . 154/41 575/177
3 9/6 25/3 68/7 43/7 4/0 . 149/23 724/200
4 13/9 39/6 41/7 32/8 . . 125/30 849/230
5 3/2 42/7 17/3 24/1 . . 86/13 935/243
6 13/6 51/4 18/3 17/3 . . 99/16 1034/259
7 13/3 61/5 17/5 30/8 . . 121/21 1155/280
8 5/2 31/4 37/3 38/10 12/5 ..... 123/24 1278/304
9 4/4 5/3 49/3 52/11 5/4 . 115/25 1393/329
10 1/1 4/2 16/1 51/4 12/2 . 84/10 1477/339
11 2/1 5/0 7/2 23/6 4/3 . 41/12 1518/351
12 . . 7/3 20/2 21/10 . 48/15 1566/366
13 . . 2/0 19/3 28/18 4/4 53/25 1619/391
14 . . 1/0 81/1 26/8 12/11 120/20 1739/411
15 . . . 112/5 23/11 25/12 160/28 1899/439
16 ..... ..... ..... 86/2 15/4 8/7 109/13 2008/452
17 . . . 72/4 13/4 . 85/8 2093/460
18 . . 1/0 74/4 11/1 1/1 87/6 2180/466
19 . . 11/2 52/3 3/0 1/0 67/5 2247/471
20 . . 11/1 26/3 7/1 7/1 51/6 2298/477
21 . 1/0 32/0 26/1 5/0 5/1 69/2 2367/479
22 1/0 5/2 32/1 34/1 2/0 1/0 75/4 2442/483
23 5/1 4/2 14/2 17/3 . . 40/8 2482/491
0 6/0 17/2 31/1 4/0 ..... ..... 58/3 2540/494
1 2/2 11/4 10/1 1/0 . . 24/7 2564/501
2 6/1 7/2 16/0 6/1 . . 35/4 2599/505
3 8/0 2/1 15/0 7/0 . . 32/1 2631/506
4 12/2 8/0 2/0 3/0 . . 25/2 2656/508
5 3/1 3/1 7/1 4/1 . . 17/4 2673/512
6 10/3 13/0 4/0 1/0 . . 28/3 2701/515
7 12/0 27/1 41/1 2/2 . . 82/4 2783/519
8 1/0 11/1 80/1 3/0 ..... ..... 95/2 2878/521
9 3/1 3/1 17/1 1/0 . . 24/3 2902/524
10 2/0 3/1 5/2 2/0 . . 12/3 2914/527
11 . 1/0 8/1 16/2 6/3 . 31/6 2945/533
12 . . 10/0 20/1 50/6 . 80/7 3025/540
13 . . 10/1 48/2 71/4 6/6 135/13 3160/553
14 . . 6/0 37/1 89/4 27/11 159/16 3319/569
15 . . . 52/3 87/5 14/6 153/14 3472/583
16 ..... ..... ..... 22/0 50/3 5/1 77/4 3549/587
17 . . . 26/1 21/2 3/1 50/4 3599/591
18 . . 2/0 33/1 7/1 9/1 51/3 3650/594
19 . . . 12/0 6/1 3/2 21/3 3671/597
20 . 1/0 3/0 8/1 8/4 4/1 24/6 3695/603
21 . 1/0 31/0 7/1 9/0 . 48/1 3743/604
22 . 4/1 33/2 19/0 9/1 . 65/4 3808/608
23 8/1 5/0 51/1 16/1 . . 80/3 3888/611
DAY1 78/44 341/73 547/121 1177/127 274/88 65/38 ..... 2482/491
DAY2 73/11 117/15 382/13 350/18 413/34 71/29 . 1406/120
TOT 151/55 458/88 929/134 1527/145 687/122 136/67 . 3888/611
Continent Statistics
K1KI CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 77 72 122 123 71 36 501 12.8
South America 9 17 36 46 54 49 211 5.4
Europe 66 367 627 1001 449 40 2550 65.1
Asia 0 2 99 313 71 1 486 12.4
Africa 1 6 32 28 24 13 104 2.7
Oceania 1 4 21 19 22 0 67 1.7
Some QSO Counts By Band-Country
K1KI CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi 27 Nov 1994 1659z
PRFX 160 80 40 20 15 10
DL 6 73 100 156 85 2
EA 12 35 51 20 7
F 5 27 35 62 29 4
G 13 37 43 70 29 3
I 1 10 56 57 34 3
JA 64 246 61
OH 1 10 20 77 21
OK 3 30 33 51 33
UA 2 18 65 8
Excerpts from the .TLK file (Alt-G gab messages between stations)
Nov 26 02:01 10/80M: Hw goes it 20?
Nov 26 02:01 20M: real good still
Nov 26 02:01 10/80M: 80 going into a lull
Nov 26 02:02 20M: cant use stack, tho
Nov 26 02:02 10/80M: why not?
Nov 26 02:02 20M: too much qrm from 80 on all but upper ant
Nov 26 03:02 10/80M: fb oh0!
Nov 26 03:05 20M: how come rx mix not working on ft-1000???
Nov 26 03:12 20M: u sure these are stereo, tom?
Nov 26 03:30 40M: still signals on 15? (!)
Nov 26 03:40 RunTX: not many sigs -- mostly short skip midwest
Nov 26 04:21 40M: 5x1xt may go to 14030, not sure
Nov 26 04:25 40M: 7p8sr gg to 14030
Nov 26 04:38 10/80M: Hw 160?
Nov 26 04:53 15/160: 160 has static!!
Nov 26 04:53 40M: maybe the sun started to talk
Nov 26 05:10 40M: our 5th opr is back
Nov 26 06:04 40M: what ant r u using on 80?
Nov 26 06:07 10/80M: using the 80m beam
Nov 26 06:30 40M: 1000q
Nov 26 08:08 20M: i can only use the top ant too, Tom!
Nov 26 08:34 20M: sigs fluttery on 20 - bottom starting to drop out????
Nov 26 10:19 10/80M: Someone pass something to 80, getting VERY boring...
Nov 26 10:19 10/80M: like a yv???
Nov 26 10:29 20M: top ant still best "combo" on 20!
Nov 26 11:09 10/80M: condx sure crappy to the west!
Nov 26 11:14 20M: major flutter on 20M sigs. Other bands same?
Nov 26 11:15 10/80M: Nothing heard here
Nov 26 11:17 40M: who turned out the lights (or turned on the northern
lights)
Nov 26 11:17 RunTX: 15 sounds like the plug got pulled out....
Nov 26 11:21 10/80M: WWV @ 0900 ==> K up to 3
Nov 26 11:44 40M: vr2go getting louder on 40
Nov 26 11:58 40M: fm5cw gg to 3501 now
Nov 26 13:21 20M: vp9 wouldn't move to 15
Nov 26 21:10 RunTX: ok, wl be gg to 80 shortly, Mark probably wl wnt stn
fer 10 (this is when the TS950 smoked)
Nov 26 21:44 40M: this place just smells like dx now
Nov 26 22:18 RunTX: how do i get this pass window off?
Nov 26 23:14 40M: keep that rate up - we gotta have 2500q at 00z
Nov 26 23:59 40M: ur spotting it before working it? (ZS)
Nov 27 00:00 10/80M: no, zs ran off, wkd eu instead...
Nov 27 00:00 40M: aha! send the competition looking for him!
Nov 27 00:01 20M: long night ahead for 20M. closing rapidly now.
Nov 27 00:01 10/80M: he was there. honest!
Nov 27 00:18 40M: 3550 is0wbt coming now
Nov 27 01:28 10/80M: Quiet on 80 too... middle of the night lull
Nov 27 09:38 40M: cx0cw says no 80m ant, cx6vm says single band only 40
Nov 27 09:41 10/80M: ask wh6r abt 80
Nov 27 10:04 40M: kl7 gg to 1841 now (i can't hear him on 40)
Nov 27 10:14 20M: 20 is still basically dead... zzzz
Nov 27 21:52 20M: RICH: Maybe 4u1un will go to 20(?) pse ask him when
Nov 27 21:58 10/80M: Dan, 4u1un sez 2230 on 14020 wl be there
Nov 27 22:18 40M: i need zb2 on 40
Nov 27 22:41 20M: is 4u1un still on 80??
Nov 27 22:41 10/80M: yes he is
Nov 27 22:43 20M: thanx. i figured as much.
Nov 27 22:43 10/80M: it wasn't a sked, he just said he'd be on 20 then
Nov 27 23:01 20M: hey guys go to 3550 and 7050 and steal skeds!!
Nov 27 23:02 20M: I mean wait and work them after the skedder...
Nov 27 23:19 20M: keep an ear on 'un. lemme know when he has left 160
Nov 27 23:31 15/160: getting to the bottom of the barrel on 160
Nov 27 23:31 15/160: look for him to go to 20 soon
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E-mail: frenaye@pcnet.com
Tom Frenaye, K1KI
P O Box 386
West Suffield CT 06093
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>From JA8RWU <KHA00341@niftyserve.or.jp> Tue Dec 6 04:36:00 1994
From: JA8RWU <KHA00341@niftyserve.or.jp> (JA8RWU)
Subject: JA8RWU CQWWCW'94 Score
Message-ID: <199412060451.NAA08666@inetnif.niftyserve.or.jp>
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST 1994
Call: JA8RWU Country: Japan
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator High Power(Unassisted)
BAND Valid QSOs PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 39 91 2.33 11 14
80 187 463 2.48 21 35
40 279 756 2.71 32 53
20 833 2423 2.91 32 69
15 411 1172 2.85 29 57
10 33 64 1.94 17 23
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Totals 1782 4969 2.79 142 251 => 1,952,817
Operating Time: 39.1 Hours
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America 21 110 175 617 145 0 1068 58.8
South America 0 2 6 13 6 2 29 1.6
Europe 5 23 51 161 222 3 465 25.6
Asia 11 49 41 35 30 17 183 10.1
Africa 0 0 3 2 5 2 12 0.7
Oceania 2 7 8 19 15 9 60 3.3
Equipment:IC-760PRO(=765),750A(=751A),JRL2000F
ANTENNAS:
160/80m Inv.V #1 @126' (Tower#1)
80/40m Inv.V #2 @87' (Tower#1)
40m 2el @136' (tower#1)
20m 5el @77' (Tower#2)
15m 6el @57' (Tower#3)
10m 6el @64' (Tower#3)
10-15-20m 5el tribander @50'(Tower#4)
Two beverages to NA/EU about 100-150m long
Comments:
I worked Zone-15(SP5GRM) on 160m for the first time so far. Very tough
work from the northern Japan. The condx on 160 was great in the last
morning.
The first nite we had a good open to North America on 80m, but the static
was very high in the northern/eastern part of JA. Sorry missed some/many
stations. The second day was better, but the condx was worse.
Thanks to all for all the Q's, especially to the U.S.and Canada (1046Q's=
58.8% of the whole contacts). But I didn't work any of them on 10m.
I heard 10m opened, but I don't know if it was ok from the Northern Japan.
Cu in ARRL DX in Feb/Mar. I am planning to build a directional antenna
on 80m.
73--- Akira JA8RWU/KH2V
p.s.
I prefer 160, but recently very busy for taking care of the kids.
Maybe I will find the time to QRV in ARRL 160m next year which is my
favorite one when the sunspot gets low.
p.p.s.
When the sunspot increases, I like the 10m contest!
'Cause that is the only world wide type of contest which counts every
States/Provinces as multiplier like European/Caribbean/African countries.
Of course WPX is almost the same, but different...
>From Gary T. Schwartz" <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net Tue Dec 6 05:22:52 1994
From: Gary T. Schwartz" <garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net (Gary T. Schwartz)
Subject: OO reports during contest
Message-ID: <Pine.3.02.9412052350.D7217-b100000@solaria.mil.wi.us>
On 5 Dec 1994, DFREY wrote:
>
> Someone on the reflector related getting a citation or OO report.
> I got one mOO report! for operating on a frequency too close to "the
> approved SSTV frequency allocation..." during SS Phone. Any similar
> occurrances?
>
> Dick, K4XU dfrey@harris.com
>
>
Sounds like a lot of B.S. to me. I was not aware that SSTV had a "clear
channel" allocation on 20M. Seems like an abuse of power by the OO to me.
Is the ARRL aware of this??
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>From Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com Tue Dec 6 10:10:36 1994
From: Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com (Fred Hopengarten)
Subject: Both Sides Now
Message-ID: <2ee438a2.k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com>
For Beverages fed with coax at both ends, and terminated in
the shack (a nifty idea, which doubles your fun with one
wire), see K1VR, N1RC, "Six Antennas from Three Wires," 73,
October 1983, p. 10-16.
I love 'em.
--
Fred Hopengarten K1VR
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
home + office telephone: 617/259-0088 (FAX on demand)
internet: k1vr@k1vr.jjm.com
"Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low."
>From oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) Mon Dec 5 23:53:55 1994
From: oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu (Derek Wills) (Derek Wills)
Subject: OO reports during contest
Message-ID: <9412060553.AA00887@astro.as.utexas.edu>
I got one some years ago in an HK contest for calling an HK
on 14150.00000001 (the OO said it was 14149.9 - bah!). I
didn't get one for working XF4L on 21195 though (this was
completely inadvertent - trouble with Extra class licenses
is that you think you can go anywhere you hear the DX working
Ws, hah!).
Anyone want to claim the record for the largest number of
OO notices over a lifetime? Confession is good for the
soul and all that.
My total over 7 years...... 1 (as above)
I'm sure others here can beat this.
Derek AA5BT, G3NMX
oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu
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