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It was a real hoot!!!!!!! This is bit long winded but..... My goal was to get over 1000 QSO and a million points. I had never done that in any contest while single op before. By Saturday night at 10 PM I had almost 700 QSO's so I thought I was really on my way. But Sunday morning was another story - winds kept the tower cranked down at about 28 feet and very poor band conditions made the goal seem too far away. I had no 160 meter antenna for the contest and therefore fewer multipliers. Sunday afternoon I braved it and put the tower up to about 35 feet. The BIG disappointment was condition on Sunday - no opening to EU on 10 meters and a very weak opening to EU on 15 meters. I was not able to stay connected on packet to K2GX so I went to N2TX but when I made contacts one after another my transmitter seemed to desense the 2 meter receiver and I got knocked off. The packet antenna is inside the quad. Try as I might I was unable to run on 15 meters and twenty was too crowded. So I went a packet pouncing. By noon Sunday it seemed I would not make the goals I had set for myself as I was still not up to 800 QSO's. I finally pushed myself into a slot close to 14.260 and started running and getting replies to my surprise. The rate was up over 110 at times and I wound up with an hour at 80 QSO/hr. I thought I was in Vermont for while. I was called by so many EI stations it was comical. Some one most have posted me on packet. The real thrill was being called by a 9U and the TF2IRA who I had called unsuccessfully when he was running. After trying for hours I gave up on him and here he called me as I ran. A check back on 10 meters found it full of LU stations and the rate there was almost as good as running. Getting our local 100 watt DXer in Monseratt on 80 through 10 was also a thrill. Had 10 and 15 opened I might have made 2 million. WOW!!!!! It was fun. ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1999 Call: N2FF Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Unlimited
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES 160 0 0 0.0 0
80 65 195 3.0 42
40 87 261 3.0 50
20 342 1026 3.0 95
15 285 852 3.0 88
10 254 756 3.0 89
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Totals 1033 3090 3.0 364 = 1,124,760 All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted. Equipment Description: FT-1000MP, ARD 230A Amplifier
80 - dipole 50 feet
40 - dipole 50 feet
20 - 3 element quad at 35 feet
15 - same
10 - 4 element quad
Club Affiliation: Order of Bolied Owls
Hoot Frank & all, Great job in the contest! Looks like you beat the odds after all. We also had similar problems, just more of them. Propagation was great through most of Saturday, and we had logged 1500 qso's by 5 PM. We felt we would easily hit our goal orf 2500 Q's or 3mm points. Jerry & I spent the afternoon acquiring and configuring a new computer to take the place of our main machine which ALWAYS crashes when we're on 40m, and we decided that NOW was the time to make the swap (much to GA's chagrin). We figured about 30 minutes for the job, but after more than FIVE HOURS of murphy's entire family setting up shop on our computer repair desk, we had to give up, all the while taking BOTH stations off the air! Ultimately, we had to get the original computer back in line, and when we did, the cmos battery failed, and more, and don't ask... Eventually, we got back on, but things only got worse. Propagation plummeted steadily; I had to sleep, gave up a shift; Jerry should have slept, but didn't, and slept well through his next shift; Q's were hard to come by, and as soon as I awoke in the morning the winds were howling and threatening, so the tower had to stay down for all but the last couple of hours. When all was said and done, we racked up 1924 Q's. 434 mults, for a total score of 2,501,142. And that, my friends, is radio. 73/Jeff K2KV
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1999 Call: W2YK Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator Low Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 0 0 0.0 0
80 0 0 0.0 0
40 0 0 0.0 0
20 42 126 3.0 27
15 73 219 3.0 39
10 61 183 3.0 36
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Totals 176 528 3.0 102 = 53,856 All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted. Equipment Description: Yaesu FT-1000MP and 2 el quad Club Affiliation: Order of Boiled Owls This is to certify that in this contest I have operated my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest. MAILING ADDRESS: Frank Scolaro W2YK
2 Holly Dr
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Everytime I do this I remember about half way through why I hate SSB, particularly with just a vertical. Could only run abt 300 watts to keep RFI problems down and the neighbors happy. That makes it even worse. Oh, well... Band QSOs Mults 40 46 29 20 162 69 15 210 78 10 183 79 Total 601 255 = 459,765 Time 13 hrs. Eqmt: FT-1000MP, AL-1200 (300 watts) Ant: Butternut HF6-V 73, Den
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1999
Call: K2AW Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator-Unassisted
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES 160 0 0 0.0 0
80 0 0 0.0 0
40 0 0 0.0 0
20 229 678 3.0 70
15 180 528 2.9 63
10 66 189 2.9 34
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Totals 475 1395 2.9 167 = 232,965
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted. Equipment Description: IC761--Heath SB1000-TH6DXX 100W on 10---500W on 15/20 Club Affiliation: Boiled Owls of NY This is to certify that in this contest I have operated my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest. MAILING ADDRESS: Frank P. Fix K2AW
175 Friends Lane
Westbury, NY 11590
Only ran 10/15/20 . 100 watts on 10 and 500 watts on 15 and 20. Conditions were pretty bad but managed to do fair anyway. EX-YL home from Arizona so had to do some chores this time !!
Sri to be so late in posting this, but here it is: Qs Mults 40 6 6 20 101 54 15 119 60 10 160 64 Tot 386 184 for 213,072 in 11 hours Every QSO was a challenge, all done for the Owls! Never agn will I do a SSB test from here. Pse relay to OBO. Tnx & 73, Tony
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