Great low-band conditions! I have never worked so many Europeans on 80 and
160, and so easily! Was Single-Op, All Band, High Power, Unassisted. First
complete single op all band effort for me in a DX contest. Went "all out" and
operated probably 40 - 42 hours. Got 5.5 hours of sleep and I must be on my
third wind or hallucinating this e-note, because I am functioning really
pretty well right now at 06:30z the evening after the contest.
Had a hard time getting the CQing going after about the 2nd hour and until
the 2nd night, but got a lot of mults in that time. I have a feeling that I
probably got my butt kicked, but it was very interesting. I have done several
single-band efforts in WW, either in a M/M setting or alone, so this was
really different to always have a band active and producing at least
moderately.
Used TR V5.53 with my TS-940 and band mapping which is really cool! The 940
is very slow, but that only affected the RIT control with the shift keys and
direct frequency entry from the computer. I'de like to hear from anyone else
who is using computer control with the 940 to hear about your experiences.
(direct e-mail, of course).
Thanks for all of the QSOs! 73, Mike AA7NX
CQ WW SUMMARY SHEET
Callsign Used : W7RM
Operators : MICHAEL CONATORE AA7NX
Category : Single Op, All Band, High Power
Country : United States (Zone 3)
Team/Club : Cascade Contest Club
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries Zones
___________________________________________________________
160CW 42 42 91 22 13
80CW 114 112 288 39 20
40CW 660 655 1851 76 32
20CW 540 534 1473 95 38
15CW 139 139 372 39 23
10CW 9 9 9 3 5
___________________________________________________________
Totals 1504 1491 4084 274 131
Final Score = 1654020 points.
>From sm3kor@kuai.se (Lars Lindahl) Mon Nov 27 07:09:59 1995
From: sm3kor@kuai.se (Lars Lindahl) (Lars Lindahl)
Subject: SM3KOR CQWW CW (5 hours of fun)
Message-ID: <199511270709.IAA28207@tao.kuai.se>
N2CKZ made just a little test of the station for 5 hours on his visit here
just for fun...
CQWW DX CONTEST 1995
CALL : SM3KOR COUNTRY : SWEDEN
MODE :CW CATEGORY: SINGLEOP
BAND QSO QSO POINTS ZONES COUNTRIES TOTAL SCORE
20M 334 767 16 42 44.486
REPORT 599
Operator :Todd N2CKZ
Equipment 5over5 on 165 feet IC-781 + 1Kw
Lars Lindahl E-Mail sm3kor@kuai.se
>From w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) Mon Nov 27 07:19:27 1995
From: w6go@netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Subject: ARRL 160 window opened?
Message-ID: <199511270719.XAA17942@netcom8.netcom.com>
Rules, rules, where are the rules?
W1PH posted a message here on 23-Nov-95 at 07:26 EST. Kurt, a CAC
member, told us that the DX window in the ARRL DX Contest is now
1830-1835, rather than 1830-1850, thanks to the good work of the CAC.
The November 1995 QST, top of page 131, in the Announcement of the
ARRL 160-Meter contest, by Billy Lunt, KR1R, says:
"The DX window has been reduced from 20 kHz to only 5 kHz. Participants
are reminded that the segment 1.830 to 1.835 Mhz should be used only for
intercontinental QSOs, in conformance with the ARRL band plan. Please
leave this segment open for only DX QSOs".
On page 132, by Warren C. Stankiewicz, NF1J, Contest Corral, the same QST
says:
"... in the 160-Meter contest, the DX Window has been changed to 1.830 to
1.835 MHz..."
So, the November 1995 QST agrees with the CAC.
I just obtained the 1995 Rules from the ARRL info-server. The header
of the message is dated 26-Nov-95 at 01:05 EST. Quoting the rules:
6) Miscellaneous:
(A) Participants are reminded that the segment 1.830 to 1.850 should
be used for intercontinental QSOs only, in conformance with the ARRL band
plan.
I understand that the "real" rules are the ones we get from the ARRL
info-server. Or are the "real" rules the ones in the official journal of
the American Radio Relay League? I believe this is just another
bureaucratic screwup. What do you think?
73, Jay
w6go@netcom.com
>From Christoph Rheker <christor@microsoft.com> Mon Nov 27 08:43:00 1995
From: Christoph Rheker <christor@microsoft.com> (Christoph Rheker)
Subject: DL4YAO CQWW CW score
Message-ID: <199511270744.XAA14208@imail2.microsoft.com>
Worked Single OP, Single Band on 40 meters.
QSOs Points Zones Countries Final Score
321 669 28 71 66,231
FT757 with Amp. 500 Watts and Groundplane ant.
Really big signals from A71CW, A92Q, SU2MT, HC8N
and the stations on the Caribic Islands.
Also 3B8/N6ZZ had a good signal. Nice new countries
on 40 for me.
NL7G was not very strong in Germany, but I worked him.
On Saturday evening a lot of JAs with S9 signals.
Missed easy multipliers like ON, OE, LA. During the night the distance
was to short to them...
73,
Christoph DL4YAO
<christor@microsoft.com>
>From KAY, LEONARD" <LKAY@pria.com Mon Nov 27 15:59:00 1995
From: KAY, LEONARD" <LKAY@pria.com (KAY, LEONARD)
Subject: KB2R SS Phone QRP score (late)
Message-ID: <30B9E092@msgate.pria.com>
Had problems with the reflector here last week. Anyway, here it is....
1995 ARRL PHONE SWEEPSTAKES
Call: KB2R (@K1VR) Mode: SSB
Category: QRP Hours: 24
ARRL Section: EMA
BAND QSO QSO PTS SECTIONS
160 0 0 -
80 168 336 -
40 47 94 -
20 149 298 -
15 103 206 -
10 0 0 -
-----------------------------------
Totals 467 934 76 (missed Yukon, see below!)
Score: 70,984
Club Affiliation: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Equipment (Thanks to Fred, K1VR for the use of his station):
Radios: IC-765 & TS-930(2nd Radio)
Antennas: 20/15/10 - 2 Stacked TH6DXX's at 90'/60', TH7DXX at 35'
40 - 40-2CD at 90', 4-square vertical array
80 - Dipole at 65', Phased vertical pair
+ Beverages
Peripherals: CT9 on 486, DVK Box
My first attempt at QRP SS. Biggest dilemma all weekend was coming
across VY1JA on 20m about an hour into the contest with only a couple
people calling him - and he couldn't hear me calling. I was faced
with The Decision - flip the power switch and go for the sweep, or
hack it out in QRP, and take my chances. Well, I took them..... by
mid-afternoon Sunday, I also still needed KH6, KL7, and SC(!!) anyway so I
didn't feel too bad. But then I managed to find all three of them!
The 2nd radio (combined with 15 being open) really helped. Most of Sunday
afternoon was spent S&Ping on 20 while I called CQ with the DVK on 15.
I netted around 30-40 QSOs from the 2nd radio on 15, and the band was
quiet enough that I didn't get squashed too often.
Yes, I did have fun. :-)
>From Bob Patten <z002816b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> Mon Nov 27 13:47:00 1995
From: Bob Patten <z002816b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> (Bob Patten)
Subject: N4BP CQWW CW SB 10M
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9511270826.A25467-0100000@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us>
Call Used: N4BP
Location: FL
Category: Single Op Single Band
Mode: CW
Power: 1500
Band QSOs points zones ctys
==== ==== ====== ===== ====
10 83 102 11 19
Total 83 102 11 19 SCORE: 3,060
Club or Team Name: Florida Contest Group
Comments: TS-430S, AL-1500, TH7-DXX @ 45 ft, NA contest software
Fried the BN-86 balun on the beam during phone SS and replaced it with a
coil of coax. During this contest, had serious doubts if it was working!
Had to listen to 15M once in a while to be sure I had an antenna on the
RX, although my transmit SWR was in the ballpark... Actually, goingle
single band - 10M was an ideal strategy. Had a daughter visiting for the
weekend and a grandson being baptized Sunday morning. My best run (?)
was just before leaving for the church on Sunday. When I left the shack
for the car, there wasn't a signal to be heard on the band, and same when
I arrived home three hours later. So maybe I didn't miss anything...
Without checking back through past logs, I believe this was my alltime
record LOW for any single band 10M entry. Next weekend, I will again
torture myself by entering the 160M contest for the first time in many years.
Bob Patten
bobpatt@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
>From Pete Smith <n4zr@ix.netcom.com> Mon Nov 27 13:59:41 1995
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@ix.netcom.com> (Pete Smith)
Subject: CQWW CW SO/LP/AB/Packet
Message-ID: <199511271359.FAA14564@ix6.ix.netcom.com>
Decided to go assisted, in order to get the "advice" of the multitude on
what's where and when. Next year, no. Also decided to make this a
relatively civilized contest, with normal meal breaks, 2 decent nights'
sleep, the Redskins game Sunday afternoon (a waste), and stopping at 2300
Sunday for dinner. The bottom line:
700 Qs X 93 zones x 275 countries = 722,384 in (about) 24 hours
TS-930S
Force 12 C-3 at 99 ft, inverted vees at 90 ft for 40 and 80
TR Log 5.53
Club: PVRC (and PVRC *IS* back!)
Bands seemed pretty good for a sunspot minimum. Actually ran a dozen or so
JAs on 20 Sunday right at sunset, maybe because of enhancement before the
expected coronal hole today or tomorrow. 20 was my big band , with 15 and
40 about equal and each about half the Qs of 20 (the 40-meter inverted vee
was a bust in SS, but it really played in CQWW). The C-3 cracked most
pileups quickly, but I only ran Europe for 2 hours total - rate about equal
to my best S&P. 80 was a loser - high noise and weak signals - I clearly
need better antennas, and to save the 80-meter inverted vee for SS. 10
yielded the expected Caribbean stations, plus southern Africa and a lone ZL,
but no Europe. A quick look at last year's results suggests that I was all
too successful at resisting the urge to chase countries and zones, in favor
of rate.
TR Log 5.53 was excellent. Its band mapping is wonderful - I found it
pretty easy to resist the temptation to jump on new spots, by waiting until
the color changed from white to at least yellow, as the spot aged. The
color coding also makes it possible to get a quick take on which bands are
hot. My other favorite feature is being able to correct (or complete) a
call-sign in the exchange field, rather than tabbing back to the call-sign
field every time. Ergonomically superb.
Highlights -- Cracking the 9U pileup, running JAs at the sunspot minimum
(who, me?).
Lowlights -- 80 meters, and missing zone 3 on 10 (!).
To Do -- N4KG feed for the tower on 80 (if it's not too tall(?)), and a EWE
or 2. Something for 160.
73,
Pete N4ZR (n4zr@ix.netcom.com)
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