ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1998
Call: W7VJ Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES
160 0 0 0.0 0 Inv V@115
80 60 180 3.0 7 Quad loops
40 230 690 3.0 40 2L40 @130 soon 4/4
20 500 1500 3.0 75 5L20@125 soon 4/4
15 270 807 3.0 54 6/6@120/65
10 60 180 3.0 29 6/6@125/96
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Totals 1120 3357 3.0 205 = 688,185 19.5 hours
Observations:
Professional and family obligations prevented a serious effort. It was fun to
contest without feeling chained to the radio all weekend and being able to
return to work without feeling half asleep all day.
80M Was a blast. While missing 9M0C that George, W2VJN, caught, was thrilled
at working the XU2 and a host of JAs. If only 75m phone contests were this
fun! JA activity on this bands seemed up.
40M Typically nice JA opening. Would have liked to hear more EU active, but
the big euros were there for us west coast folks to add some nice mults.
20M The EU opening on Sunday (the only serious time I spent on 20) yielded
fabulous results. The variety of european stations is mind boggling for us in
the west coast. Looking forward to like openings on 15 shortly. At least we
can now hear EU on 15!
15M Nice to catch western EU on this band. Understand that if I had gone to
15 earlier on Sunday (15UTC or so) I would have been treated to a 45 min EU
opening. Wonderful to remain able to count on our JA friends for QSOs. As
always, we appreciate the JAs. Thanks to all of you who participated!
10M Good activity on 10. The band keeps getting better.
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