CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 1998 Call: DL1IAO Operator(s): DL1IAO Station: DK1NO Class: SOSB/15 HP QTH: nr Stuttgart Operating Time (hrs): 34 Summary: Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------- 160: 80: 40: 20: 15: 1848 38 136 10: ------------------------------- Total: 1848 38 136 = 773,604 Club: Bavarian Contest Club Comments: TS870 + Alpha78 CT v9.23 on 386 notebook 4/4 Yagis @25/15m, bottom fixed NW New 15m DL record (though only by a few points)! I did not expect such a solid W6 opening this year, but the JA's were runnable for only about 2 hours each day. On Sat they were stronger long path but echos were too loud to copy stations at a decent speed. I heard AH2R calling multipliers both mornings, but on which band were they CQing? Glad to snag HC8N as a double mult just before the lights went off. I had been calling him for about 30min Sat night when he was running NA. Has anybody worked Alaska? I ran across KH7R while looking for a new CQ frequency, so the path might have been open. 73, Stefan DL1IAO@contesting.com http://www.dl1iao.com