* K3LR CQ WW Phone Multi Multi * *WWV DATA Day 1 SF81 A=19 Day 2 SF82 A=14 * CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1997 Call: K3LR Country: United States Mode: SSB Category: Multi Multi BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES 160 202 358 1.77 17 45 N3BJ op 80 1055 2349 2.23 27 92 K3LR & ND8L ops 40 732 1866 2.55 33 122 K8GL, K8CX & W8JV ops 20 2229 6415 2.88 39 178 N9RV, KB3AFT & K3JT ops 15 1587 4363 2.75 36 158 N3RA & K3UA ops 10 608 1626 2.67 25 107 KA3JWJ --------------------------------------------------- Totals 6413 16977 2.65 177 702 => 14,922,783 Club: North Coast Contesters K3LR M/M story CQ WW SSB *M/M from K3LR There's no truth to the rumor that the first words spoken by Dan Duffy, K3LR's two-year old son, were "CQ Canada." But you can be pretty sure he's learned that phrase now. We still haven't figured out what kind of conditions we need to win one of these things, but we plan to keep trying. Here's how we fared this time: 160 meters: In a word, ouch. Heard KC1XX working a layer of EU that we obviously couldn't touch. Worked a few EU at their sunrise and got SV8 during the last hour of the contest. N3BJ did a superb job. 80 meters: This is a 24/hour band at Tim's. New 3 el M2 yagi didn't really get a chance to shine, as conditions were terrible. Except to Ontario, that is. Not too much went wrong with the station, so K3LR had to stick in his chair the whole contest. ND8L did a great job on days. 40 meters: Can't think of two people who I'd rather see on this band than K8GL and K8CX. Lotsa experience here. No long path in the morning. No EU sunrise opening. Good runs at local sunset, with some nice multipliers calling in. What do you do when you make a sked with one JY and another shows up instead? Worked lots of our Canadian friends during both days, thanks to W8JZ.. 20 meters: Continues to be the money band. Very good VK opening at 0500z on first day. Also had the best rate to JA in years on Saturday night. Northern Europe was noticeably down. On the other, the population of Mediterranean hams seems to be limitless. Signals were down on Sunday, as the MUF moved up. N9RV abused both K3JT and KB3AFT on this band. 15 meters: A roller coaster ride. First night had enhanced propagation to JA, with sporadic openings lasting 15 minutes at a time until 0400z. This kept K3UA from conducting his usual exhaustive research into old QST's. Band opened early the first morning with Africans before sunrise, but EU opening wasn't "full." Plenty of west and south EU with a sprinkling of UA9's, with not much else. JA was a total bust on Saturday night. Things were much better Sunday. N3RA also operated, but impending wedding bells caused intense QRM. 10 meters: Knew things would be better this year when KA3JWJ had 10 Q's in the log before sunrise. Sunday afternoon EU opening was the money maker, but biggest thrill was working VE2QRZ/zone 2 in the middle of the night for a new one. Real award this year should go to Tim, K3LR, for getting the station in great shape after much adversity. We'll see everyone on CW for another go at it. * Pat N9RV BREAKDOWN QSO/mults K3LR CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi HR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT 0 16/5 66/5 58/33 82/42 28/17 4/3 254/105 254/105 1 17/5 59/11 27/10 51/14 3/1 4/2 161/43 415/148 2 13/4 45/5 23/11 30/7 23/3 . 134/30 549/178 3 8/4 19/10 23/12 23/4 13/3 . 86/33 635/211 4 5/3 24/6 22/8 17/3 . . 68/20 703/231 5 6/4 24/7 20/5 16/4 . . 66/20 769/251 6 5/3 41/9 24/5 54/5 . . 124/22 893/273 7 5/3 30/10 17/4 25/2 . . 77/19 970/292 8 8/4 19/7 36/6 4/3 . . 67/20 1037/312 9 3/2 15/4 10/3 5/3 2/2 . 35/14 1072/326 10 4/0 18/4 7/3 13/4 9/8 4/2 55/21 1127/347 11 3/0 18/0 8/1 78/13 23/12 5/2 135/28 1262/375 12 . 24/0 7/1 133/11 53/25 8/7 225/44 1487/419 13 . 23/0 10/0 90/7 95/20 32/24 250/51 1737/470 14 . 24/0 6/0 91/4 101/11 24/16 246/31 1983/501 15 . 18/0 17/0 69/3 97/10 12/6 213/19 2196/520 16 . 21/0 21/0 63/0 128/6 32/1 265/7 2461/527 17 . 12/0 11/0 83/2 56/3 23/1 185/6 2646/533 18 . 18/0 12/0 78/2 49/8 13/0 170/10 2816/543 19 1/0 17/0 16/0 66/0 46/5 27/0 173/5 2989/548 20 2/0 22/0 9/0 67/7 27/1 17/1 144/9 3133/557 21 3/0 13/0 5/0 39/5 18/2 18/3 96/10 3229/567 22 8/0 39/0 21/0 85/6 17/0 10/2 180/8 3409/575 23 9/0 17/0 32/2 119/4 5/0 2/1 184/7 3593/582 0 5/0 28/2 5/1 37/2 1/0 . 76/5 3669/587 1 8/0 40/1 6/1 14/1 . . 68/3 3737/590 2 8/0 28/1 16/3 9/1 . . 61/5 3798/595 3 4/0 10/3 9/3 3/0 . . 26/6 3824/601 4 4/2 13/3 2/1 5/1 . . 24/7 3848/608 5 8/6 59/3 10/0 10/1 . . 87/10 3935/618 6 7/1 32/0 11/1 10/3 . . 60/5 3995/623 7 1/0 21/2 9/1 4/1 . . 35/4 4030/627 8 . 4/0 10/3 . . . 14/3 4044/630 9 4/1 3/0 6/1 . . 1/1 14/3 4058/633 10 4/0 3/0 3/0 2/0 . . 12/0 4070/633 11 4/0 5/0 3/1 59/1 7/1 . 78/3 4148/636 12 . 26/0 4/0 76/1 27/1 9/1 142/3 4290/639 13 . 23/0 12/0 81/1 137/5 7/2 260/8 4550/647 14 . 13/0 24/0 55/3 111/1 46/10 249/14 4799/661 15 . 15/0 26/0 61/3 107/2 10/5 219/10 5018/671 16 . 6/0 14/0 69/2 74/4 17/0 180/6 5198/677 17 . 6/0 9/0 48/1 81/3 50/3 194/7 5392/684 18 . 6/0 7/0 60/3 57/1 43/2 173/6 5565/690 19 4/0 8/0 6/0 65/0 48/0 80/8 211/8 5776/698 20 10/0 14/1 11/0 52/1 40/2 65/5 192/9 5968/707 21 7/0 13/0 4/0 47/1 54/2 27/1 152/4 6120/711 22 4/1 13/2 46/4 45/2 27/3 16/0 151/12 6271/723 23 4/0 39/0 36/1 35/1 22/1 1/1 137/4 6408/727 160 80 40 20 15 10 CUM TOT DAY1 16/37 626/78 442/104 1381/155 793/137 235/71 3593/582 DAY2 86/11 428/18 289/21 847/30 793/26 372/39 2815/145 TOT 202/48 1054/96 731/125 2228/185 1586/163 607/110 6408/727 See you on CW! 73, Tim K3LR