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J6R
- ARRL DX CW 2005, Single Op, Low Power, Un-Assisted
4th Place World
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J6R QSL Card |
ARRL 4th Place World Certificate |
CONTEST RESULTS
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Call |
Score |
QSOs |
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Class |
Power |
1-Band |
Section |
US Call Area |
DXCC Entity |
Continent |
Club |
| 1 |
VP9/W6PH |
3,942,522 |
4,094 |
321 |
S |
B |
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VP9 |
NA |
Yankee Clipper Contest Club |
| 2 |
KH7X (KH6ND, op @KH6YY) |
3,776,175 |
3,873 |
325 |
S |
B |
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KH6 |
OC |
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| 3 |
VP5/WJ2O |
3,546,603 |
3,777 |
313 |
S |
B |
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VP5 |
NA |
Rochester (NY) DX Assn |
| 4 |
J6R (K3LP, op) |
2,954,130 |
3,338 |
295 |
S |
B |
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J6 |
NA |
Frankford Radio Club |
| 5 |
PJ7/ND5S |
2,758,140 |
2,985 |
308 |
S |
B |
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PJ7 |
NA |
Mad River Radio Club |
| 6 |
J88DR |
2,638,128 |
3,233 |
272 |
S |
B |
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J8 |
NA |
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| 7 |
W1MU |
2,262,138 |
2,083 |
362 |
S |
B |
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ME |
1 |
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| 8 |
N1UR |
2,214,900 |
2,140 |
345 |
S |
B |
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VT |
1 |
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Yankee Clipper Contest Club |
| 9 |
W4PA |
2,193,720 |
2,020 |
362 |
S |
B |
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TN |
4 |
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Tennessee Contest Group |
| 10 |
K7SV |
2,180,820 |
1,913 |
380 |
S |
B |
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VA |
4 |
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Potomac Valley Radio Club |
ARRL DX CW 2005 - Posted Log Checking
Result by ARRL for J6R
*** Summary ***
3534 raw QSO before duplicate removal and checking reductions
3338 net QSO after duplicate removal and checking reductions
10014 net QSO points after checking
295 net multipliers after checking
2954130 final score
122 (3.5%) duplicates
22 (0.6%) calls copied incorrectly
9 (0.3%) exchanges copied incorrectly
10 (0.3%) not in log
36 (1.0%) calls unique to this log only
GENERAL INFORMATION
We arrived in St. Lucia on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 and
returned home on Tuesday, February 22, 2005. During this trip, Clint (W3ARS)
and I (K3LP -David) rented a two bedroom villa on the north end of the
island.
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J68LP and J6R - David (K3LP) at the villa with the A3
Triband Beam in the background |
L to R: J68LP and J6R - David (K3LP), and J68RS -
Clint (W3ARS) at the villa |
J68RS - Clint (W3ARS) working 6 Meters |
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The area is known as
Hilltop Villas - Cap Estate, St. Lucia, West Indies,
http://www.gatewayvillas.org/villas/details/7/, Gatepark Condomiumns,
Sunningdale #4,
http://www.gatewayvillas.org/, Name: Cypriana, Phone: (758) 450-8611 or
Toll Free: (866) 428-3725, Please say: "I saw your listing #12417 on VRBO",
$165 night plus 5% tax, 2 bedroom villa
The pre-contest activities included obtaining the borrowed
A3 Tri-band 10, 15 & 20 Meter Beam, three element (two elements broken off a
5 element) 6 Meter Beam, three 40' antenna vertical support masts and
miscellaneous coax cables/rope stored at Given Georges (J69AC) house for the S. Ohio DX Association
(Scott Lehman - N9AG). Ancletus
Ernest (J69AZ) was very helpful in obtaining
our licenses prior to our late evening arrival so we could get on the air
the first night we were on the island. Both Ernest (J69AZ) and Junior Mathurin (J69EN)
assisted us in transporting the antenna equipment to and from the operating
site location.
On Thursday, the A3 Tri-band beam, 6 Meter Beam, 6BHV
Hustler Vertical Antenna (ground mounted), dipoles for 40, 80 and 160 meters
at 35' feet were installed on three separate masts supported by the villa
structure and rope.
MURPHY HITS J6R
About 8 hours before the contest was to begin, my FT-1000MP
transceiver receive section went dead. I invested a lot of time on Friday
trying to get it working. I was able to get an IC-756 PRO (with No CW
Filters) as a loaner from Given (J69AC) around 4:00 PM. What a relief this
was to have a back up radio.
I had my reliable Pentium IV, 2.3 G, laptop, XP, Satellite Toshiba
computer I used at VP5LP (2003) and FS5UQ (2004) with WriteLog installed.
About three hours before the contest, I discovered that some of the WriteLog
and Direct I/O files were deleted by the anti-virus software running on my
PC. After about 2 hours of troubleshooting and going down to the internet
Cafe in Castries, I was able to get the proper software and Direct I/O
drivers required by the PCs XP software. After much fusing with the
computer, we could not get the auto CW keyer working. We loaded the same
software on a borrowed PC and everything starting working great! The issue
was not a WriteLog software issue, it was my PC. The CW keying cable
(transistor and LTP1 cable pin out wiring) was modified to work for the
IC-756 PRO and I was ready to go!
I started the ARRL DX CW Contest 2005 three hours late! This
was a real stressful bummer. At 0305, J6R was on the air!
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David (K3LP) operating the contest as J6R with
borrowed IC-756 PRO (no filters) and Laptop PC |
David (K3LP) working on the FT-1000MP prior to the
contest -The receiver stopped working prior to contest |
Given George (J69AC) was giving the FT-1000MP a
second look over prior to the contest - There was no hope! |
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J68LP and J6R - David (K3LP) assembling the A3
Tri-band Beam onto vertical support |
J68LP and J6R - David (K3LP) assembling the A3
Tri-band Beam for 10, 15 and 20 Meters |
J68RS - Clint (W3ARS) working on the 6 Meter Beam |
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J68RS - Clint (W3ARS) operating 6 Meters and HF
SSB |
Our view toward North America from the Villa
blocked by 1 hill top |
National Telecommunications Regulatory
Commission (NTRC) – Bois D'Orange, Gros Islet, St. Lucia
- 3rd Floor Level is where J6 Licenses are issued |
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Ernest and Clint awaiting in the antenna equipment delivery truck |
L to R: Ernest (J69AZ) explaining how many friends he had before his dog died
to Given (J69AC); Pre-Antenna
installation communication |
L to R: David (K3LP) and Clint (W3ARS) installing
the ground mounted 6BHV Hustler Vertical antenna |
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Faith, & Ernest (J69AZ) |
L to R: Clint (W3ARS), Ernest (J69AZ), Given
(J69AC), David
(K3LP) and Junior (J69EN) at the ending of the late night departing
party |
David (K3LP) with the 40, 80 and 160 Meter Dipoles
antennas install by David and Clint a day earlier |
Ernest (J69AZ) and his wife prepared a wonderful dinner for us and
other hams the last night we were on the island. Everyone chipped in
with food and drinks. The party went on until after midnight. We got to
bed around 2:30 AM and had a departing flight to Barbados the same
morning at 6:20 AM.
Given (J69AC) spent all day Friday working with me to resolve the
radio and computer issues and I would not have been able to work the
contest without his support and equipment. He is technically sharp and a
wonderful person that I will always remember.
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4th Place World - J6R (K3LP)
ARRL DX CW 2005, Single Op, Low Pwr.,
Un-Assisted
Reported Score: 3,040,092
ARRL
Score Results: 2,954,130
Accuracy Error : 2.8 %
Band:
QSOs:
SECs:
160 Meter 57
25
80 Meter 212
45
40 Meter 608
54
20 Meter 745
59
15 Meter 821
58
10 Meter 969
56
Report Totals:3,412
297
Results: 3,338
295 |
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L to R: Given (J69AC) and David (K3LP) shaking
hands in a celebration for a job well done! |
J6R (OPR K3LP) ARRL DX CW 2005, Single Operator,
Low Power, Score Details |
ARRL International DX CW 2005 - Single Opr. Low Power - J6R (Operator
K3LP) This was the most exciting contest for me ever! The day before the
contest, my FT-1000MP transceiver receiver section stop working. I spent
much time inside the rig checking for cold solder joints, loose wires,
and trying to trace signals using limited equipment. About 6 hours
before the contest was to start, J69AC (Given George) showed up with an
IC-756 PRO (with no CW filters) for me to use. I built a new CW Keying
cable for the ICOM rig. Then about two hours before the contest, my
laptop Pentium 4, XP version computer would no longer send CW using my
faithful WriteLog software. I down loaded the Direct I/O drivers again,
but the problem did not go away. The issue was clearly in the PC not the
WriteLog software which I have used during many DX-pedition contests. I
located a new computer and reloaded WriteLog. Finally, after much
stress, I was on the air at 0300 GMT (three hours late).
It was difficult holding a frequency throughout the contest using low
power. The real challenge came when trying to work the huge pileup with
no cw filters. I was hearing QSO's two operators wide on each side of me
throughout the contest. It's amazing what techniques you use to fight
through the situation (i.e. shifting of the RIT, RF Gain, etc.).
It was quite exciting working everyone. After finding the right
combination of frequencies, it was easy moving multipliers and other
stations through all the bands (i.e. 28 to 21 to 14 to 7 MHz during the
day and 14 to 7 to 3.8 to 1.8 MHz at night) whiling holding the run
frequency.
I really appreciated the 80 and 160 meters QSOs and spots. With the
poor 80 and 160 meter dipole antennas, it was difficult being heard.
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