WW CW 1994

WWV Day 1  SF83  A=39  Day 2  SF80  A=25

K3LR 1994 CQ WW CW Multi-Multi

Notes following my all time favorite contest:

160 meters:  IC-765 with 8877 amp.  3 ele vertical inline beam
 W3YQ op

        Nice EU run the 1st night. No VK or JA QSO this year.
        It was hard to keep YQ's interest after European sunrise.
        I think we can improve the front-to-back of the
        antenna by tuning the relectors.


 80 meters:  IC-781 with 8877 amp.  4 square vertical array
 K8CX op

        1st time for CX on 80 at LR. Band was pretty poor so
        no real runs this time.  5X came back to a CQ and nice
        Sunday QSO with A71CW.  New double stubs (-68 dB)
        allowed 40 meters to get very close to the 80 meter
        2nd harmonic.

 40 meters:  IC-781 with 8877 amp.  4 ele/ 4 ele @ 190'/100'
 K3LR op                            2 ele @ 140'

        My 2nd year as the 40 meter op.  I love this band!
        Nice hours at the start.  1st 4 hours were 63, 91, 87, 61.
        At 0900z the 1st day the top 4 element 40's rotor breaks.
        The antenna is now stuck at 290 degrees.  So the 100' and
        140' beams pick up the slack.  After a rest for a few hours,
        I went up to 190'and had WR3G release the brake, then pushed
        the beam to 45 degrees where it sat for the rest of the
        weekend.  This year we are not 400 qsos behind the other
        multi multi operations.  I am happy with the new antennas!
        At least KR0Y can't say "Who was the shmuck on 40?" again
        this year.

 20 meters:  IC-781 with 8877 amp  5 el/5 el/5 el @ 170'/110'/50'
 NA8V op                           5 el @ 120'

        Greg wore his red stocking cap the entire 48 hours. Nice
        2nd hour of 72 into JA.  Best hours to Europe were
        16Z (86) and 17Z (87) the 1st day. No hour was better than
        39 during the 2nd day.

 15 meters:  IC-765 with 8877 amp  6 el/6el/6 el @ 120'/80'/40'
 WR3G op                           5 el @ 50'

        Scotty started off with a nice JA run the 1st hour.
        Shame condx were punk to Europe.  Best hour to EU
        the 1st day was 25.  2nd day best hour was 117 with
        one hand tied to the amplifier. Problems with the
        blower in the amplifier meant Scotty had to keep
        his left hand on top of the amp. the entire contest.
        Otherwise all RX sigs had AC buzz on them.
        Very strange! Replacing a bypass capacitor and the
        blower fixed the problem! (After the contest!)

 10 meters:   IC-765 with 8877 amp  7el/7el/7 el @ 99'/66'/33'
 K3KO op 1st day                    6 el @ 199'
 WD8IXE op 2nd day

        1st time at a multi multi for K3KO.  Brian did a nice
        job on the dead band.  Small EU opening gave us 23 qsos
        during the 15Z hour the 1st day.  FB op, Steve WD8IXE,
        fresh from his trip to J6DX during WW Phone drove in
        for 2nd day action and worked 25 new mults.

Band   QSOs   Zones   Countries

160    166     18      59
 80    347     25      88
 40   1020     38     128
 20   1343     38     134
 15    633     33     111
 10    125     19      59

      3634    171     579  =  7.6 meg

      Nice 20 meter score from K1KI!  We are having lots of fun
      and I think we are getting better.  CU in Feb. ARRL DX CW.

73,
Tim K3LR


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