[Adrian ARC] 3 Band DXCC

[Dave Larson]

Very interesting!
Dave K8AA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hinkleman" <cqnu8z@attbi.com>
To: <adrianarc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 9:39 PM
Subject: [Adrian ARC] 3 Band DXCC



I put my new antenna and and some of my new SO2R stuff to use this weekend
in the CQWW SSB contest. I don't work phone contest much anymore, but I
thought I would play with this one ( part time). I decided to use my SO2R
interface along with the "writelog" program. Both radios were interfaced
with the computer. I ran packet combined with the grab windows and band maps
on both radios. I ran only 10, 15 and 20 meters.   I ran barefoot (100
watts).
  I try to set some goal for most every contest I enter or even play around
in.  It might be to make only 100 qso's, or maybe work 100 countries, but I
do set some goal.  I started this contest out with the goal of working 100
countries ASAP. I decided to limit my activity to 10/15/and 20 meters.  When
you are running barefoot, this contest is impossible to "run" in until
Sunday. I elected not to run, but to use all the technology at hand by
chasing spots with both rigs. This contest is brutal on a low power station
until Saturday. On Saturday it becomes a little easier to make QSO's. I
waited until Saturday to start playing around.
To my surprise I was able to expand my goal by working  DXCC (100 countries)
on 3 bands, 10 15 and 20 meters. I used the spotting and band maps to the
maximum. I was able to leave the shack and come back and work my way thru
the spots on all the bands. I worked 152 unique countries. 112 on 10 meters,
103 on 15 meters and 100 on 20 meters. I was not trying for maximum qso's. I
only had about 450 total qso's, but with all the mults I had each QSO was
worth over 1,000 points. There were a number of countries that I heard that
I did not work because I could not break the packet pile ups. The key was to
use the technology to get there fast!!  If you could do that, you could
work'em. If not,  load'em in memory and return in 30 minutes..hi hi
(sometimes that did not work!!)
I was very pleased with the new HEX. It seemed to work well. I used it to
the south and west. It was great for the Caribbean and South America. Also
used the HEX to get VK. VK9N, ZL, ZL7, ZK1, KH6, T32 and JA multipliers.
The conditions were OK on Saturday, but not that great on Sunday.
I guess the moral of this story is that there is a lot of power in most
logging programs, but most of the time these power features are not put to
use. Put these feature to work and maximize ur effort, whether you are on
for 1 hour or the whole contest. Give it a try...

Mark NU8Z



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