Call: K0LUZ Country: North Florida
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator/ B
BAND QSO QSO PTS SECTIONS
160 0 0 -
80 7 14 -
40 122 244 -
20 477 954 -
15 5 10 -
10 0 0 -
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Totals 611 1222 77 CLEAN SWEEP Score: 94,094
Hours of operation: 12 Hours
Since 1991 (I think), ARRL has offered a mug each year to anyone who
obtains a clean sweep. I have acquired a nice looking collection of mugs
that sits on the top shelf of my bookcase. Every year is represented by
a different mug that is on that shelf and I was determined that the string
would remain intact.
When I missed KP2 (VI) in the CW portion, I knew that my DVP was
going to get a workout in the SSB portion attempting to obtain a clean
sweep.
The contest started out badly with me attending a wedding (great wedding,
but I wasn't getting any mults), and then an Orlando Magic Basketball
game, (gotta to watch those Eastern Conference Champions, and the
Magic won, but again, no mults).
About 11 P.M., I finally got on and 40 meters was one constant drone
of carriers from the broadcast stations. That only left 80 meters and
80 has never been my "hot" band from this far south. I made about 20
hard fought contacts on 40 and 80 and called it a night.
Sunday morning and I still had hardly begun my quest, but I began in
earnest to get the clean sweep. Almost immediately on 20 meters I
worked VE1, KP2 (the one I missed on CW) and KP4. This was looking
good. I ran for a couple of hours with rates above 100 and the mults
were being worked right and left. Then the dreaded phone call from
the neighbor who couldn't hear anything on their telephone when I was
transmitting came in. So much for running ..... it was time for quick
contacts by the search and pounce method. By 5 P.M. I had them all
except Mississippi which is a short skip from Northern Florida. I spent
two hours tuning 20, 40, 80, 20, 40, 80, etc. and I didn't even smell one.
At 7 P.M., I heard W5GAD in LA running on 80 with a lot of Arkansas,
Alabama, Texas coming back and I figured,,"this guy will probably work
Mississippi before I do." By that time, 40 and 80 were all that were
open and calling 40 "open" with all the carriers is a miscarriage of
justice.
So I would tune 80 and then just sit and listen to W5GAD run at about
1.5 stations a minute. Then tune 80 and 40 again and then back and
listen to W5GAD. Finally, at about 8:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes left !),
a Mississippi station called W5GAD and as soon as their exchanges
were made, I Yelled "CLEAN SWEEP FOR MISSISSIPPI" and
fortunately W5GAD allowed me to complete the contact with Ms. I
don't know if this is a contest technique or not, but it certainly worked
for me!
One other item that almost tripped me up from keeping the string going
( the pressure is getting to be too much ), I noticed in the afternoon
that I
had worked all the "4" sections according to CT9.25 and when I thought
about it, I couldn't remember working SC (South Carolina). I checked
back through my log and found a "W6 "station that was in SCV that I had
somehow left off the "V" and therefore CT thought I had worked SC.
Wouldn't it had been great if I had checked my log on Monday and found
that out and I had never worked SC? That was a close call.
As always, enjoyable meeting all the guys on and great to hear so many
high number checks. It looks like SS SSB will be alive and well for years
to come ..... I'm not so sure that the same fate will be in store for the
CW Portion.
Cheers
Red
K0LUZ/4
>From Rick Dougherty NQ4I <102505.2241@compuserve.com> Mon Nov 27 20:18:25 1995
From: Rick Dougherty NQ4I <102505.2241@compuserve.com> (Rick Dougherty NQ4I)
Subject: clock errors with ct
Message-ID: <951127201825_102505.2241_HHM30-1@CompuServe.COM>
Operated with CT9.23 and experienced numerous clock errors and error messages
between computers...the main computer hooked to packet was a 486dx
and the remaining 4 computers were all 386's linked using the loop function of
CT..
Anybody have any idea what was happening...had to reset the #1 computer many
times to keep the clock near to the right time.
Ok u computer guru's what have I done wrong????
tnx de nq4i Rick
>From Rick Dougherty NQ4I <102505.2241@compuserve.com> Mon Nov 27 20:18:55 1995
From: Rick Dougherty NQ4I <102505.2241@compuserve.com> (Rick Dougherty NQ4I)
Subject: score for NQ4I
Message-ID: <951127201854_102505.2241_HHM30-2@CompuServe.COM>
SCORE FOR NQ4I MULTI-MULTI
QSO'S ZONES COUNTRIES
160M 83 17 53
80M 183 25 77
40M 967 35 120
20M 835 35 109
15M 287 24 85
10M 62 11
17
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TOTALS 2417 147 461
SCORE 3,895,456 points
Operators: NQ4I, KY2P , and K2UFT 30 hours of operation
Comments:
1. Operated with only 2.3 operators....the relief team never made it in....
2 ops full time and one op for 12 hours....
2. Best 160 m openining here in the south in a long while....
3. Since the relief team didn't get here, we had operated full bore Fridday
evening
and nite, knowing that all we had to do was to make it to sunrise...we had
to sleep after the hard stint friday evening...so missed 4-5 prime hours
saturday
morning...
4. Alpha 78 on 15 m quit producing power and took 80 m amp and substituted
amp from 80 m station....
5. Still the best contest in the world...no matter where one operates and what
equipment is being used.....
>From KAY, LEONARD" <LKAY@pria.com Tue Nov 28 00:10:00 1995
From: KAY, LEONARD" <LKAY@pria.com (KAY, LEONARD)
Subject: KB2R CQ WW CW Score
Message-ID: <30BA53A1@msgate.pria.com>
CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST 1995
Call: KB2R Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Unlimited
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 2 2 1.00 1 2
80 26 71 2.73 9 17
40 52 136 2.62 12 34
20 101 253 2.50 20 60
15 28 62 2.21 13 21
10 2 0 0.00 1 1
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Totals 211 524 2.48 56 135 => 100,084
Club affiliation: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Equipment Description: TS-820 + Dipoles, CT8
A casual effort from home, in-between doing lots of things,
representing about 8 hours on. Conditions were pretty good,
I was surprised how many Europeans I worked on 80 (with 100
watts to a dipole).
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Leonard Kay, KB2R | "But we are not dealing with the
PRI Automation, Inc. | normal world. We are chasing DX."
Billerica, MA 01821 | -- W9KNI, 'The Complete DXer'
lkay@pria.com or KB2R>K1EA |
Editor, YCCC Scuttlebutt | #include <disclaimer.h>
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>From George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com> Mon Nov 27 21:10:00 1995
From: George Cutsogeorge <0006354141@mcimail.com> (George Cutsogeorge)
Subject: W2VJN WWCW Score.
Message-ID: <45951127211054/0006354141PK3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
W2VJN SO, AB, HP, Unassisted. Zone 3.
BAND QSO PTS ZONES COUNTRIES
160 20 45 13 14
80 132 343 21 33
40 504 1449 33 76
20 430 1188 36 92
15 62 166 23 34
10 5 11 3 3
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1153 3202 129 252 = 1,219,962
EQUIPMENT:IC765,Titan, 486-66, Top Ten antenna switching.
ANTENNAS: 160 Dipole@30'
80 Dipole@50'
40 402BA@50'
20,15,10 C3@56'
Forty was great! From 10Z to 11Z on Saturday I had 85 Qs and
on Sunday it was 92. Mostly JAs, but a few multipliers also.
Worked my first EU on 160. Got zone 23 on 80, 40 and 20. That
never happened to me on the East coast.
George, W2VJN
Umpqua, OR.
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