CALL: 3Z0WPX
CLASS: Multi Operator/2Tx, High Power
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Band QSOs Points PX
80m: 245 998 111
40m: 385 1796 90
20m: 544 1310 111
15m: 693 1780 134
10m: 651 1731 170
Totals: 2518 7615 616
Prefixes counted only once per all contest, not once per band
Score: 4690840
Station Description: 2 x FT-1000MP + 2 x Homemade PA
Antenna(s):
80 meters: Vertical (20 m high), dipole, some beverages (pointed to
various directions) and K9AY loops
40 meters: Dipole, 2el Quad, beverages and K9AY loops on receiving
side (from time to time)
20 meters: 2 el Quad, 4 el Quad and 2x4el Quad
15 meters: 2 el Quad, 4 el Quad and 2x4el Quad
10 meters: 2 el Quad, 5 el Quad and 4x5el Quad
Computers: - Desktop Pentium II with HAL interface and WriteLog
- Compaq Armada notebook with Writelog, Maestro soundboard
and MMTTY plug-in
Operators: Chris SP7GIQ, Paul SP7PS, Mark SQ5BPM,
Donata (YL - SWL), Tom SP5UAF
Last year I thought about joining our club (SP5ZCC) team with other
Polish HAMs interested in RTTY. After some time, and some arrangements
we in the end met at the wonderful QUAD-station of Chris SP7GIQ to
participate in WPX RTTY. Two weeks before we had received a special
call: 3Z0WPX - just for the contest.
It was our first effort of this kind. None of us operated in Multi-Two
before. At first we had some problems with the network, then with one
of our computers, during the contest we had a break because electric
current was switched off - problem at the power station: fortunately
"only" 35 minutes...
But in the end we had a great fun and worked so many RTTY friends...
What more: for some of us it was the first time to use WriteLog. Only
Paul SP7PS is an experienced user to say the truth.
Our goal was to make at least 2500 contacts and beat last year record
in that category (by YL4U), in the same EU record. And we did it!!!!
40 meters Quad helped us to make many DX contacts on this band - many
DX and of course many rich-pointed QSOs. In the end a little bit more
than 50% contacts are with DX stations:
80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
EU 211 243 308 288 203 1253 49.8
AS 11 46 66 157 136 416 16.5
NA 22 86 156 227 285 776 30.8
AF 1 4 4 11 5 25 1.0
SA 0 2 6 4 16 28 1.1
OC 0 4 4 6 6 20 0.8
The biggest thrill: Our station was called three times by V73UG
himself. And we worked HR3 in tremendous pile-up after only one call
on 10 meters - well... 4x5el Quad stacker on ten meters is just what
we needed in such situations. It is like a sniper - one shot and new
multiplier is in the log. During the last hour we were called by a
station from Cuba - this gave us very worthy multiplier.
We could hear JA on 80 meters on Sunday but in the end decided not to
switch the antennas. The main station was running on 40 then and had
quite nice DX contacts. JAs on 80m were not new multipliers so in the
end we decided not to switch the antennas. Working DX on 80 or on 40
was giving us the same points - on 40 meters we were able to work more
DX in that time.
Great thanks goes towards Chris SP7GIQ who let us use his wonderful
station and was a great, great host for us.
We do hope to meet you again from our home stations or perhaps in the
future we join our teams again for one of the RTTY events.
73 to All
from Tom SP5UAF
and all of 3Z0WPX team
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