(Araucaria) ENC: [3830] CQWW CW K1LZ SOAB HP FIRST PLACE N.AMERICA
Thomas Carlsson
thomascarl em gmail.com
Quarta Dezembro 10 09:23:46 BRST 2008
Dear Krassy,
Great story about your efforts and ethics, congratulations to your score and
thanks for taking time to call me on 15m.
Ethics, I really share your view... but many do not, one way to go - in my
opinion - is to allow Cluster/Telnet access and abandon the Assisted
category. Exactly as already done for the WAE contests. Self spotting should
still be forbidden - and it is much easier to control.
73 and Seasons Greetings
Thomas, PY2ZXU/SM0CXU op at PW2D
2008/12/8 py5eg <py5eg em iesa.com.br>
>
>
> Amigos do GADX:
> Mais um presente de Natal, nosso antigo membro do Araucaria, que já operou
> de várias estações nossas, inclusive Fernando Noronha ZX0F, é TOP 1st. No
> CQWW CW e esta radiante de alegria pela fantástica conquista.
> O GADX também em nosso encontro de Recife homenageou o Krassy com o
> galardão HALL OF FAME GADX.
> O Krassy, como sócio e fundador da ACOM foi o maior nosso doador para o
> WRTC 2006.
> Estamos todos muito orgulhosos com a sua vitória.
> Aqueles amigos que desejarem cumprimentá-lo o seu e-mail é
> k1lz em hfpower.com
> VALEU!!!!!
>
> Em anexo o testemunho dele em arquivo .doc
>
> ATILANO
>
CQWW CW DX Contest 2008 – "I Just Got Lucky"
By Krassy Petkov 12/05/08
Focusing on Success
I operated my first international amateur radio contest in 1967 from my
hometown club station, LZ1KCZ. From 1977 to 1989, I was lucky to operate
numerous times from one of the best multi-multi stations in the world at
LZ1KDP.
>From my club station in Bulgarian in the 1970's, 1980' and 1990's, I can
remember listening to incredible stateside stations with super operators
operating in the CQWW DX CW and SSB contests. I would listen to stations for
hours trying to figure out how they did it so efficiently. I researched the
station call signs and the operator names as if I was watching and reading
about famous baseball players for the first time.
I remember saying I wanted to learn from the best and win a major ARRL and
CQWW DX contest someday! I was amazed to hear my good friend KC1F – Stuart
operating from NP4A in the later 1970's using the first computer operated
station and AI6V – Carl operating from P40V (Aruba). They were both very
impressive.
I had the chance to operate from K1EA's house and can still remember how my
hands were shaking. Operating from the large K1EA station was impressive and
a little intimidating for me. I guess its like anything else in life, after
learning and becoming more familiar with the situation and surrounds, some
of the nervousness goes away.
It was a great pleasure to help build and operate from Matt's super KC1XX
Multi-Multi station for several years in the 1990's. From that moment, I
knew one day I would have a great station as well. I knew this would require
me to be successful in business to be able to afford the type station I
wanted to build.
Benchmarking Critical Success Factors
In order to win a major competition as a Single Operator, attention to
details is critical. Analyzing prior champion successes and putting together
a detailed "To Do" and "Not to Do" list has proven to work for me.
The champions who have conquered this feat more than once (i.e. K1AR - John,
K1DG - Doug, W2GD - John, K1ZM - Jeff, N2NT – Andrew, W2SC-Tom, K5ZD –
Randy, AI6V – Carl, K1EA – Ken, KC1F – Stuart, etc.) know how quickly you
can go from 1st place to out of the top 10. I admire and respect these guys
for their dedication and everything else they do that goes un-noticed for
contesting and ham radio. I know I can get very frustrated, as I compete
with these guys, but this is natural in competition. Without honest
competition, then there is nothing to strive for in our hobby.
After months of planning and hard work, a little issue such as open coax
fitting, bad solder joint or broken wire can be very disappointing. You can
beat your competition on every band, but loose on a single band just because
one antenna goes down in the middle of the night. On any given day, numerous
people have a chance to place in the top 5, but only 1 gets the 1st place
finish for each category in the competition. A little luck, some hard work
and dedication can be yield in a nice recognition award.
Being a Good Citizen of our Country with Ethics is Critical in Contesting
I know very few contest operators who can say they never operated outside
the guidelines during the contest in their rookie days (i.e. a few red
lights on the amp, too close to the edge of the band, etc.). We all know the
tricks that are possible. But as I've gotten older, I have come to realize,
if I cheat to win in the sport I love the most, the guilt will eat me up the
rest of my life. But I know that 14.150, slightly up, is the best frequency
on 20 Meters.
Since the middle 1990's, I've spent my time being a very productive and good
citizen in this (USA) new country. This is where I was inspired to start and
grow my successful businesses and return much employment to the new country
I love. I have used profits of my success to build my new super station in
Medway, MA (www.K1LZ.com <http://www.k1lz.com/>).
In the last five years, I have placed 3rd, 2nd, and 5th place, so many
times, it has made my head spin. I was lucky to operate on DX-peditions
(i.e. 5A7A, N8S, etc.) and from DX contest stations to improve my skills. I
was very proud of my efforts as part of the multi-multi CQWW DX CW 2006 –
5A7A Team; I was the 80 Meter Operator with around 3276 QSOs.
It just seemed that a 1st place finish, Single Operator, All Band, High
Power, Un-assisted would never come.
In order to over come station design disadvantages, I've spent the last five
years building a contest station to give myself every legal advantage
possible under the spirit of ham radio development. The cost and effort has
been unbelievable.
As I compete with top operators in contests, I'll never loose my natural
given desire to be competitive, but I'll avoid crossing the line. It's just
not worth it.
A Little Luck goes my way in the 2008 CQWW DX CW Competition
I just got lucky – After the contest, K1DG – Doug posted his score on the
3830 web site. Doug said his 40M antenna broke. If you look at his score,
you can see that if he had no problem on 40M, he would be the winner. Doug
is a great operator and has invested dearly in his new station. It makes me
proud to know him! I want to encourage Doug for the future, I believe he'll
be unbeatable.
Based on the 3830 web site score posting, it looks like my score will win
1st Place for the first time as All Band, High Power. My posted score is as
follows:
USA SOAB HP
Call QSOs Zones Cntry
Hr Score Club
K1LZ 3969 133 487
47 7,059,320
K5ZD 3978 132 463
45 6,800,255
K1DG (@N1LI) 3719 116 456
44 6,039,176
K3CR (LZ4AX) 3423 133 466
48 5,840,849
My Strategy for the CQWW CW contest
Knowing some of my operator weaknesses, such as not being able run as
quickly as another operator on 20 meters, I concentrated on the low bands.
The approach I used was as follows:
· 160 Meters: Part of my strategy was to build a tremendous array
for the 160 Meter band. The 160 M station antenna design included:
1. Two phased inverted V's apex at 55 meters toward JA,
2. Two ¼ wave verticals that are ½ wave separation broadside to Europe
end fire to Japan/SA,
3. a "MIRTA" 240 Meter long sloping from 55 Meter to Europe (
www.MIRTA.com <http://www.mirta.com/>), and
4. my fun project, a full wave Delta loop with the Apex is at 100
meters and the bottom is at 45 Meters that is lifted by balloon.
5. I added beverages in all directions. I felt if I could win on 160
meters,
· 80 Meters: I feel very comfortable with my score on 80 Meter as I
have perfected my station design over the last few years running Single
Operator, 80 Meter band
· 40 Meters: On 40 Meters, I have three antennas. They are:
1. 3 Element StepIR Monster beam at 40 Meters high and additional
StepIR Monster beam at 20 Meters high on the same tower
2. 3 Element StepIR Monster beam on a 2nd tower at 20 Meters high.
3. Each of these antennas can be used individually or phased as
necessary in many combinations
4. I know this band is good, so I will need to pay attention to this
band.
· 20/15 Meters: I'm very competitive on 15 meters, but 20 Meters I
always loose on this band for one of two reasons: maybe my stack does not
work well and/or I am not fast enough like K1DG, K5ZD, N2NT, K1AR and many
others.
· Overall - I knew if I could win on 160, 80 and 40 meters, then the
real issue is that I would need somehow to come close enough on 20 meters in
order to win. This meant I could not sleep if I wanted to sleep. A special
thanks to K5ZD who went to bed. I knew this would be my only chance to win
and it paid off.
Un-Planned Events
Some of the issues that are discouraging about contesting:
· Random intentional jamming on the run frequency (i.e. whistling with
a mic or cw, etc.). After operating with little sleep for 40 hours, it's
hard not to get up-set when this occurs
· Encroachment on your run frequency from both sides as the day/night
goes on; the effort it takes just to keep your frequency clear can be
challenging
· People who show up on your run frequency accusing you of being too
wide when you know you're now; I use a very expensive Network Analyzer to
check my station to ensure the signal is clean. The obvious thing I do is
re-check the microphone gain and processing to ensure nothing has changed. I
think the issue is more prevalent with my station's large antennas and the
big signal they provide
WRTC Qualification
Regarding WRTC, I have participated twice in the competition in the past
with decent scores. As for qualifying for the next event, I have had a few
good scores for qualifying. Defiantly, no body can beat K5ZD and K1ZM. I
don't know the situation with K1DG, N2NT and W2GD, this needs to be
calculated and then we will know, but I think I have a good shot to qualify
for the next event.
I greatly appreciate the WRTC efforts and impact it has on developing and
perfecting the skills of young and older contest operators.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all my friends around the world. It has taken me many
years and a lot of money to get to this point.
A special thanks to PY5EG (Oms) who built and gave me one of my towers, K1ZM
(Jeff) who inspired me for 30 years and has taught me not to give up, KC1XX
(Matt), My dear friend who installed my antennas (he is the best), K3LP –
David who loves me as a friend and assists me when ever I need him and many
others for their assistance in contesting over the years.
It is sad, I heard some people will quite this game. When the going gets
tough - Let's just keep at it, have some fun and not loose our friendships.
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> De: Krassy Petkov [mailto:K1LZ em hfpower.com]
> Enviada em: Friday, December 05, 2008 6:00 PM
> Para: py5eg
> Assunto: RE: [3830] CQWW CW K1LZ SOAB HP
>
> Tnx To all my friends around the world
> How you like this ?
> Krassy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: py5eg [mailto:py5eg em iesa.com.br]
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:48 AM
> To: k1lz em hfpower.com
> Subject: RE: [3830] CQWW CW K1LZ SOAB HP
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> Dear Brother:
> Congratulations for the fb score.
> It is difficult to beat our friend K5ZD and you did it!!!!!
> 73
> Oms PY5EG
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