Hi...
I agree with your analysis and comments..
In passing I will also note that there is a technical barrier... No software
/ tone decoder I know of can copy CW with other CW signals simultaneously
present, at the same pitch, within the audio passband....While even so-so
contest ops can, and do....
As a contester I rank in the peanut gallery, but on a good run I will copy 2
calls which are being sent simultaneously, and work both, before I call TEST
again....
Cheers ... Denny K8DO@AOL.COM
>From headrick@radar.nrl.navy.mil (Jim Headrick) Mon Jul 10 21:21:46 1995
From: headrick@radar.nrl.navy.mil (Jim Headrick) (Jim Headrick)
Subject: Revised W3CPB IARU Results
Message-ID: <v01520d01ac273ab9f044@[132.250.182.180]>
Sorry, sent prior mail before reading
40 M 96 Q 280 PTS 11 Z 13 HQS GROUND-PLANE BASE @ 12'
20 M 87 Q 287 PTS 12 Z 12 HQS AEA ISOLOOP @ 45'
15 M 45 Q 139 PTS 11 Z 8 HQS AEA ISOLOOP @ 45'
Total 228 Q 706 PTS 34 33 HQS 47,302 SCORE
The radio: Kenwood TS-830 with about 90 W - ABT 8 HOURS TIME
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>From KAY, LEONARD" <LKAY@pria.com Mon Jul 10 22:19:00 1995
From: KAY, LEONARD" <LKAY@pria.com (KAY, LEONARD)
Subject: KB2R - IARU S/O Mixed results
Message-ID: <300199BD@pria.com>
1995 IARU HF Championship
Call: KB2R (@ K1KP) Country: United States
Mode: Mixed Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QSO-PTS PTS/Q ZONES HQ STNS
160 2 4 2.00 2 0
80 44 98 2.23 7 8
40 104 346 3.33 11 12
20 666 2378 3.57 26 14
15 184 588 3.20 17 10
10 30 50 1.67 8 2
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Totals 1030 3464 3.36 71 46
CW: 700Q SSB: 300Q Score: 405,288 points
Rigs: IC-765 + SB-220; IC-735(2nd)
20/15/10: KT-34XA @70, KT-34XA @40' fixed EU
40: 40-2CD @80'
80: 2-el Delta loop @70' fixed EU/VK
160: EU sloper + beverage
Club Affiliation: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Thanks to Tony, K1KP, for setting up the shack, feeding me, and
helping me swap in the backup SB-220 when the first one died at 1400Z....
One of my favorite contests! I entered as Mixed to have a better shot
at awards; we'll see how that strategy paid off. As far as conditions,
I'll second everyone else - they were certainly better than expected.
It was nice to see 15 open when the contest started, and I guess I
should have spent more time on 10. In any case, I was glad to see my
total Pts/Q well over 3! I spent only 20 hrs on; slept 4 hrs early
Sunday so I could be functional for obligations.
Highlight(?): Around 00Z I went to 10 phone. After working a few mults,
I called CQ and had a pileup of N/T's going. Most of them were
not in the contest but wanted to give me a Q. I spent a little time
explaining the contest, and telling them what zone they were in. I
worked about 20 of them before the pileup died. I tried to speak
slowly and clearly, and convey fun and enthusiasm. I hope I roped us
all a few budding contesters!
I, too, thought there were more HQ stations than before this year. I
must have worked about 20 different ones. Somehow, though, I missed
W1AW on 160...... But I had FUN! :-)
73, Len
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