K3PP 1998 CQ WW DX CW Contest



                    CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1998
 

      Call: K3PP                     Country:  United States
      Mode: CW                       Category: Single Unlimited
      Zone: 5

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES
 

      160       11       20     1.82      7       9
       80       58      163     2.81     12      35
       40      160      451     2.82     20      76
       20      253      728     2.88     34     120
       15      237      673     2.84     31     111
       10      198      554     2.80     26     104
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     Totals    917     2589     2.82    130     455  =>  1,514,565



Comments
This was my first ever single-op effort over one million points, and it was using low power (150W)!

K3 Performance Plot
I entered my log into an Excel spreadsheet, ran some calculations and produced an interesting graph of my progress over the contest period.  This kind of data will be a useful study for our next CQWW contest. Click on the image for a larger version.

The graph shows the growth in QSOs, Mults, and Score over time.  It also shows the rate for the past 10 QSOs at each point and the bands we were on at the time.

Thanks to everyone for the QSOs!



Equipment for the 1998 CQWW DX CW Contest:

 Transceiver:      Icom IC-775DSP
 
 CT Version 9.27 on two networked 486 computers

  160m antenna:    1/4 wave sloper
   80m antenna:    Inverted-L
   40m antenna:    Dipole at 30 feet
   20m antenna:    4 el monobander at 68 feet
   15m antenna:    4 el monobander at 76 feet
   10m antenna:    4 el monobander at 84 feet 

 Automated HF antenna switching using Top-Ten Devices band decoder
 and automatic antenna switch.



Last Updated on 19-Dec-98
By Glenn D. O'Donnell, K3PP
Email: [email protected]