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USA Record: 1984 QSOs 37 Zones 137 Countries = 965,874 Points
CQ Worldwide DX Contest - CW
Call: W4ZV
Operator(s): W4ZV
Station: W4ZV
Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 30.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 2009 37 138
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Total: 2009 37 138 = 1,022,350
Club/Team: PVRC
Comments:
Before the contest I made a goal which I pasted on my monitor: 2000
QSO's, 37 Zones, 140 Countries and 1 Million points. I frankly wondered
whether I would even come close given the dire propagation forecasts Friday
afternoon! I'm sure my score will be reduced to under 1 Million (~1% error
rate = 4% score reduction) but it sure felt good to hit that mark and break the
existing record.
Mr.Murphy made his usual visits here too:
40 MPH wind-driven rain (and precipitation static!) for Saturday AM EU run
LK-800 Amplifier developed an arc at 1.5 KW...fortunately worked OK at 1.2 KW
Sticking external relay on WX0B (I thought that was the problem when the flare
hit at 1645 Sunday!)
Equipment:
FT-1000MP in K3ZO mode (2 kHz filters shifted using the DSP between my ears)
Amp Supply LK-800 at 1.2 KW (had an old backup Alpha 76PA just in case)
3 KLM 610's at 35/70/105 (YO7 optimized for +1 dB gain, +8 dB F/B, better SWR)
Stackmatch (worked perfectly but the optional external relay was sticking)
486DX33 / CT 9.53
Continental breakdown:
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent Comments
North America CW 0 0 0 0 0 123 123 5.8 32 W's
South America CW 0 0 0 0 0 73 73 3.4
Europe CW 0 0 0 0 0 1418 1418 66.4
Asia CW 0 0 0 0 0 460 460 21.5 400 JA's
Africa CW 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 1.0
Oceania CW 0 0 0 0 0 41 41 1.9
Thanks to God for this wonderful universe He created and which we all
enjoyed this weekend. Thanks to all for the QSO's and especially to my wife
Charlanne for her understanding in letting me do my thing this weekend
(fortunately our Wedding Anniversary falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving
this year...now we're off to the mountains to celebrate for a few days!)
73, Bill W4ZV
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults W4ZV CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 69/33 69/33 69/33
1 . . . . . 36/7 36/7 105/40
2 . . . . . 16/12 16/12 121/52
3 . . . . . 8/1 8/1 129/53
4 . . . . . 1/2 1/2 130/55
5 . . . . . . . 130/55
6 . . . . . . . 130/55
7 . . . . . . . 130/55
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 130/55
9 . . . . . . . 130/55
10 . . . . . . . 130/55
11 . . . . . 51/40 51/40 181/95
12 . . . . . 159/18 159/18 340/113
13 . . . . . 146/7 146/7 486/120
14 . . . . . 115/2 115/2 601/122
15 . . . . . 113/3 113/3 714/125
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 113/1 113/1 827/126
17 . . . . . 80/4 80/4 907/130
18 . . . . . 62/12 62/12 969/142
19 . . . . . 27/5 27/5 996/147
20 . . . . . 26/5 26/5 1022/152
21 . . . . . 58/1 58/1 1080/153
22 . . . . . 68/0 68/0 1148/153
23 . . . . . 71/1 71/1 1219/154
0 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 71/0 71/0 1290/154
1 . . . . . 46/0 46/0 1336/154
2 . . . . . 5/1 5/1 1341/155
3 . . . . . 2/0 2/0 1343/155
4 . . . . . . . 1343/155
5 . . . . . . . 1343/155
6 . . . . . . . 1343/155
7 . . . . . . . 1343/155
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1343/155
9 . . . . . . . 1343/155
10 . . . . . 2/1 2/1 1345/156
11 . . . . . 46/4 46/4 1391/160
12 . . . . . 114/2 114/2 1505/162
13 . . . . . 94/2 94/2 1599/164
14 . . . . . 85/2 85/2 1684/166
15 . . . . . 75/1 75/1 1759/167
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 55/2 55/2 1814/169
17 . . . . . 49/0 49/0 1863/169
18 . . . . . 37/1 37/1 1900/170
19 . . . . . 23/3 23/3 1923/173
20 . . . . . 13/1 13/1 1936/174
21 . . . . . 12/1 12/1 1948/175
22 . . . . . 25/0 25/0 1973/175
23 . . . . . 36/0 36/0 2009/175
DAY1 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1219/154 ..... 1219/154
DAY2 . . . . . 790/21 . 790/21
TOT . . . . . 2009/175 . 2009/175
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