Another interesting weekend.  Conditions were rather poor, but we
still had a great time.  Looking forward to improving conditions now.  See
you all in  October for the big one.       



		    ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 1997


      Call: K3LR                     Country:  United States
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Multi Multi

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES


      160       55      165   3.0       32
       80      351     1050   3.0       86
       40      469     1404   3.0       94
       20     1564     4689   3.0      138
       15      352     1056   3.0       95
       10       92      273   3.0       19
     --------------------------------------

     Totals   2883     8637   3.0      464  =   4,007,568

OPERATORS:

160: W3GH
 80: K3LR
 40: N2NC (KZ2S) & K8GL
 20: N9RV (WA8YVR & N8SM (WD8IXE)
 15: N3RA (WR3G) & K3UA (WA3SWF)
 10: KA3JWJ

Continent Statistics
   K3LR   ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST    Multi Multi      2 Mar 1997  1659z

                 160   80   40   20   15   10  ALL   percent

North America     25   43   42   70   55   11  246     8.3
South America      4   25   57   82  103   82  353    11.9
Europe            24  264  307 1183  155    0 1933    65.0
Asia               0   15   22  209    0    0  246     8.3
Africa             2    7   15   52   35    0  111     3.7
Oceania            3   12   45   14    9    0   83     2.8



BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  K3LR  1997 ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST  Multi Multi

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  

   0     4/4     25/21    58/23    18/9     .....    .....   105/57  105/57 
   1     1/1     39/10    25/11     3/1       .        .      68/23  173/80 
   2     3/3     31/6     10/4       .        .        .      44/13  217/93 
   3     8/6     10/6     14/3      4/0       .        .      36/15  253/108
   4     9/6      5/0     11/4      1/0       .        .      26/10  279/118
   5     8/3      8/3     12/3       .        .        .      28/9   307/127
   6     2/1     16/2      6/5       .        .        .      24/8   331/135
   7     1/1      8/4     11/2       .        .        .      20/7   351/142
   8    .....    11/4     13/1     .....    .....    .....    24/5   375/147
   9      .       1/0      5/1       .        .        .       6/1   381/148
  10      .       8/4      3/1     13/8       .        .      24/13  405/161
  11     2/1      3/1      6/2     16/10     2/2       .      29/16  434/177
  12      .        .       9/2    111/34    18/9       .     138/45  572/222
  13      .        .        .     140/14    23/8       .     163/22  735/244
  14      .        .        .     123/7     22/9       .     145/16  880/260
  15      .        .        .      91/3     14/7      5/5    110/15  990/275
  16    .....    .....    .....    90/5     21/11    10/5    121/21 1111/296
  17      .        .        .      41/1     11/2     20/2     72/5  1183/301
  18      .        .        .      32/2     11/4     12/0     55/6  1238/307
  19      .        .        .      41/6      8/1     10/2     59/9  1297/316
  20      .        .        .      35/5     13/6      7/2     55/13 1352/329
  21      .        .      13/4     52/5     15/3      6/0     86/12 1438/341
  22      .       7/3     70/6     71/4      5/0      2/1    155/14 1593/355
  23     1/0     33/6     37/4     59/3      1/0       .     131/13 1724/368
   0    .....    26/1     34/6     12/1     .....    .....    72/8  1796/376
   1     1/1     15/1     26/3      2/0       .        .      44/5  1840/381
   2      .       7/1      7/1       .        .        .      14/2  1854/383
   3     4/2      7/0      4/0       .        .        .      15/2  1869/385
   4     1/0     11/3      4/2       .        .        .      16/5  1885/390
   5     2/1      4/2      5/0       .        .        .      11/3  1896/393
   6     1/0     13/2      4/1      1/0       .        .      19/3  1915/396
   7     1/0      8/1      3/0       .        .        .      12/1  1927/397
   8     1/0      4/0      5/1     .....    .....    .....    10/1  1937/398
   9     2/0      2/1      5/0       .        .        .       9/1  1946/399
  10      .       5/0      3/0       .        .        .       8/0  1954/399
  11     1/0      5/0      2/1     35/0       .        .      43/1  1997/400
  12      .       1/0      1/1     85/3       .        .      87/4  2084/404
  13      .        .        .      80/3      3/0       .      83/3  2167/407
  14      .        .        .      75/2     19/6       .      94/8  2261/415
  15      .        .        .      57/1     22/4       .      79/5  2340/420
  16    .....    .....    .....    47/0     71/11     1/0    119/11 2459/431
  17      .        .        .      45/1     24/4     18/2     87/7  2546/438
  18      .        .        .      44/3     21/4       .      65/7  2611/445
  19      .        .        .      45/3      8/2       .      53/5  2664/450
  20      .        .        .      22/2      8/1      1/0     31/3  2695/453
  21      .        .       7/0     26/1      9/1       .      42/2  2737/455
  22      .       8/3     30/2     32/0      3/0       .      73/5  2810/460
  23     2/2     30/1     26/0     15/1       .        .      73/4  2883/464
DAY1    39/26   205/70   303/76  941/117   164/62    72/17    ..... 1724/368
DAY2    16/6    146/16   166/18   623/21   188/33    20/2       .   1159/96 
TOT     55/32   351/86   469/94 1564/138   352/95    92/19      .   2883/464


QSO Counts By Band-Country

   K3LR   ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST    Multi Multi      2 Mar 1997  1659z

 PRFX    160         80          40          20          15          10
    

   9A     3           5           7          20           3
    
   CT     2           4           5          20           6
    
   DL     1          27          20         160           5
    
   EA                29          45          81          41
    
   EI     1           4           3          11
    
    F     3          23          24          82          14
    
    G                27          16          95           4
    
   GI     1           4           3          11           1
    
   GW     1           6           2          10           1
    
   HA                 7           7          23           1
    
   HB     1           6           4          17           1
    
    I     4          48         100         218          43
    
   JA                11          12         159
    
  KP4     3           2           5          10           9           1
    
   LU                 6          18          21          36          47
    
   LY                                        10
    
   LZ                 5           8          16           2
    
   OE                 3           8          18           3
    
   OH                             4          29           7
    
   OK                 9           2          32           1
    
   ON                 4           4          29           1
    
   OZ     1           2           3          14
    
   PA                 6           1          23           2
    
   PY                 6          14          16          22          19
    
   S5     3           7          10          22           4
    
   SM                 1           1          20
    
   SP                 9           1          24
    
   UA                 1           1          57
    
  UA9                             5          16
    
   UR                 4           3          40           1
    
   VK                 6          25           1           2
    
   YU     1           3           5          24           4
    
   ZL                 2          10           1           1
    
   ZS                 1          10          15          10