WV5S, Single Op, CW Only, Section 7, Oklahoma
BAND QSO'S ZONES HQ'S
80 31 6 0
40 231 21 9
20 459 33 14
15 133 19 9
10 25 5 1
TOTAL 879 84 33
SCORE 372,294
STATION - FT-990, Alpha 76A, DSP-9
80M - Vertical
40M - 40-2CD at 75 Ft
20-10M - TH7 at 65 Ft
Always a fun contest. I enjoy being able to work everybody. This, by far,
was my best result. Surprising openings to Europe, UA, and JA. First few
hours were pretty rough from here - poor props on all bands.
Jim, WV5S
>From Charles Kraly <n0biw@solar.sky.net> Mon Jul 10 18:45:46 1995
From: Charles Kraly <n0biw@solar.sky.net> (Charles Kraly)
Subject: WPX CW Dates
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950710124154.8353A-100000@solar.sky.net>
At Dayton this year I posed just the same question to N8BJQ and Steve
said that due to the fact that we will have to wait and see if Dayton is
going to settle on the May dates for sure. Also he said that "it would
take a few years to get all the eastern europe countries to get used to
the new dates". As soon as the members of the KCDX club heard about the
moving of the Dayton weekend, we started discussing the possiblities of
WPX CW moving, and I thought that Dayton would be the right moment to ask
Steve. KYFC!!!!
Chuck/N0BIW
n0biw@sky.net
>From Assarabowski, Richard" <AssaraR@utrc.utc.com Mon Jul 10 18:51:00 1995
From: Assarabowski, Richard" <AssaraR@utrc.utc.com (Assarabowski, Richard)
Subject: W1AW in IARU
Message-ID: <3001695C@msgate.res.utc.com>
So you're the guy who wanted to go to 10 CW! You asked at a most
inopportune time... there were 3-4 ops all sacked out in various positions
on couches, getting some much needed cat naps, and I didn't have the heart
to wake one of them up. Meanwhile I was having a pretty good run myself and
didn't want to break away -- but since you worked us on all the other bands
maybe we'll make an exception and "put you on the list" of most-favored
contesters hi! N1FNN worked us a 12 band-modes (but he's a local).
IARU has always been one of my favorite contests, partly because of the
24-hr format and the everyone-works-everyone rules. We made almost 10,000
Q's and it was a blast! Eight stations were set up in 2 rooms, interference
between bands was quite irritating at times (the temperature didn't help),
but spirits were high. Good crew of ops too (K1KI, K1TO, K1ZZ, K1CC, W1OD,
W1RM, N6BV, AA2Z, K5FUV). Biggest thrill was making 1400+ Q's on 10m (!)
and just about 24-hour propagation on the band. Another surprise was 15m
with great EU openings (even a couple of Italians in the middle of the
night). Twenty was not as good as expected to EU (lots of W's though), low
bands not too hot (only 2 JA's on 40). Surprised at how many US stations
are on 40 SSB during the day, including lots of mobiles.
More to come from K1KI with the breakdown, don't think we'll beat the top EU
stations but at least we put W1AW on the map. Comments like "first time I
worked W1AW in 40 years as a ham" made it gratifying too!
-- Rich K1CC
assarar@utrc.utc.com
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> When we made our final contact w/ W1AW, the only one we were missing (10 -
> 80) was a 10 CW contact. We asked the op if anyone there was game for a
> try. After a minute or so he came back and said he couldn't wake anybody
up
> for a try. Oh, well.
>
> I must admit W1AW made a SERIOUS effort this year. Congrats!
>
> Paul Walker, N9WHG op at KX8D
>
At about 1130Z Sunday morning, I tried calling CQ on 10 and 15 for a while.
Each time, within 5 minutes, W1AW answered me...and propagation was pretty
good for being so early in the morning.
Tor N4OGW/9
n4ogw@uiuc.edu
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