[TAC] CQWW 2005 from FP

[Greg Surma]

Attached is our results from FP in the CQWW contest.  The QTH was
everything that I imagined...and then some.  I would go back in a
heartbeat. Other than 60 MPH winds the Wednesday before the contest the
weather was near-perfect.  We hit almost 60 degrees (and sunny) on a
couple of the days.

With no packet and only three stations with modest amps and Field Day
antennas we did well.  Those K2's are quite the rig! 

A big thanks to N8CC, K9OT and the VE7SV crew for help with planning.
Christina at the MAXOTEL spoke warmly about the "large group from
British Columbia that took over half the place' in the WW SSB contest in
2004.  All three of the aforementioned operations (plus those by W8MV
and others whose call escape me) certainly have paved the way for the
MAXOTEL to be so ham radio friendly. They even have a bunch of QSL's on
the wall where you register for the hotel, plus space for the storage of
coax, masts, wire and antennas. 

10 meters was the letdown; 160/80/40 were the pleasant suprises.  Having
MW5A call in with 17 seconds to go for QSO #1000 on 160 was a thrill.
By the time the logs were merged, one more was added to the total.  

On St Pierre W8IQ was interviewed by RFO radio.  The whole group was
interviewed by the local newspaper.  Ian K8MM was given the nickname
"Sputnik Boy" due to his satellite work on the island.....it will be
interesting to see if that moniker makes the newspaper article.      
   



              CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2005


      Call:      FP/K8DD
      Category:  Multi Multi
      Power:     High Power
      Band:      All Band
      Mode:      CW
      Country:   St. Pierre & Miquelon
      Zone:      5

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES


      160     1001     2346     2.34     17      70
       80     1977     4953     2.51     20      96
       40     2049     5308     2.59     28     110
       20     2184     5663     2.59     24      95
       15      737     1806     2.45     19      82
       10       17       49     2.88      8      12
     ---------------------------------------------------

     Totals   7965    20125     2.53    116     465  =>  11,692,625



All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.

Operator List: __AC8W K8AQM K8DD K8MM K8GL W8IQ___________________

Equipment Description:
160M/15M  K2/100 MFJ ALS 500M  1/2 wave dipole / 2 el delta loops phased
 80M/20M  K2/100 SB-200        Double L / Spiderbeam
 40M      IC-706 FL-2100       Phased HF2V's & dipole
 10M/Mult Alinco DJ-70         3 1/4 wave verts / Force 12 Sigma
 
Great weather!  It finally got down to 32 deg F the last day.


Club Affiliation: Mad River Radio Club