[CVCC] ARRL DX CW M-2 K4JA

[K4JA Paul]

                     ARRL DX Contest, CW

 Call: K4JA
Operator(s): K4JA, AJ9C, K7SV, KE9I, N4ZR, W3BP, WE9V
 Station: K4JA

 Class: M/2 HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 48

 Summary:
  Band  QSOs  Mults
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   160:  192    72
    80: 1065    97
    40: 1736   122
    20: 1295   118
    15: 1568   116
    10:  925   106
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 Total: 6789   631  Total Score = 12,836,433

 Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

 Comments:

 WOW!!!!  While the sunspots are disappearing, this was no doubt a great
contest,  although it started out a little crazy.

 The day of the contest reminded me of the 2000 CQWW SSB when we installed
13
yagis the two days before the contest.  (See

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=3830&i=200010301648.LAA16953902%40www02.hway.net
 for the 3830 story.)

 This time, it was a 195 foot tower and two 48' boom 4 element 40M beams
that we
installed the day of the contest to replace the 184' 40M tower that Tropical
Storm Isabel blew over in September.  The 197' crane arrived at 9:30am to
install the tower in two sections, the first 100', then the remaining 95',
followed by the two 40M yagis.  It took many hours longer than expected,
finishing up at 2340z, just minutes before the contest.  The entire team was
exhausted, but the first shift team quit working outside a couple hours
earlier
and grabbed quick naps.  And what a gorgeous day it was... about 72 degrees
and
everyone got sunburn!  I will post a picture gallery on the K4JA website
with
the 100+ pictures I took in the next few days.

 We all believe that the new stack is working much better than the old
stack.
 There just seemed to be something wrong with the old stack, so the storm
blowing
over the other tower was an (expensive) blessing in disguise.

 Everything worked very well all weekend, with the exception of a new
problem
with one of the Acom amps.  The new 9-circle for 80M was phenominal, as well
as
the low bands overall.  While 10M wasn't the best (nor 20M for that matter),
the
overall picture was unbelievable.  We just can't believe all the mults on
the
low bands!!  Like others who have said that this was their best score ever,
this
was ours as well.  We beat our previous best score by almost 2 million, but
just
500k short of K1AR's record.

 Thanks to everyone for the QSOs, and stay tuned to k4ja.com for the tower
installation picture gallery.

 73,
Chad WE9V
 on behalf of Paul K4JA and crew
 See the Station at http://www.k4ja.com

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