2001 CQ WW SSB DX Contest Zone 2 Expedition

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Amateur Radio Station VB2V
2001 CQ WW SSB DX Contest
Zone 2 Expedition
Lac Ouescapis, Quebec, Canada -- October 27-28, 2001

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since 17 September 2000.

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2 Dec: Our logs have been tallied and our claimed score is 15,091,272. (See below.) Thanks to all our contacts for making this the best year yet!

This page last updated 2 December 2000 by ve3rhj@rac.ca.

2001 Expedition

0000Z Oct 27 - 2359Z Oct 28

BAND	160m SSB	80m SSB	40m SSB	20m SSB	15m SSB	10m SSB
CQ WW DX CATEGORY	multi operator, multi transmitter, high power
BAND SCORE	398 QSOs, 6 zones, 10 countries	1056 QSOs, 18 zones, 46 countries	725 QSOs, 21 zones, 65 countries	2432 QSOs, 37 zones, 114 countries	3557 QSOs, 38 zones, 148 countries	1536 QSOs, 33 zones, 112 countries
TEAM SCORE	9704 QSOs, 153 zones, 495 countries ==> Claimed Score 15,091,272
TRANSCEIVER / AMPLIFIER	Kenwood TS850	Yaesu FT1000D Heathkit SB-220	FT-847 / IC-730 TL-922A	Kenwood TS870S Dentron Clipperton	FT1000MP Ameritron AL-1500	TS680 SB200
ANTENNA	1/4 wave loaded vertical	two 1/4 wave phased verticals, steerable	four-square of HF2V verticals	Hy-Gain 203BAS 3 element monoband beam	two 4 element beams	two 3 element beams
OPERATORS (with email)	Don, VE3DBF Bob, VA3RD Bill, VE3BXI	Carl, VE3BY Kevin, VE3KJS	Asim, VE3XAP Ted, VA3TSG Mark, VA3FIN	Karel, VA3KO John, VE3TV Manfred, VA3RMF Otto, VA3OK	Dennis, NB1B Jim, N1NK	Bob, VE3SRE
ADDITIONAL OPERATORS	Ray, VE3HAE - Ted, VA3TSG
ASSISTANTS
QSL INFO	U.S. QSL Requests- via NB1B, Dennis Egan, 3 Keith Rd, Wayland, MA 01778-4517, USA. nb1b@mediaone.net all other QSL Requests - via VE3BY, Carl Styan, RR #1, Glencairn, Ontario, L0M 1K0 Canada ve3by@bmts.com

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

RTTY SKEDS before the contest	Contact NB1B
PSK31 SKEDS before the contest	Contact NB1B
6m Beacon (grid square FO10)	to be announced
2m SSB/CW (grid square FO10)	Times and frequencies to be announced. During off times a beacon will be operating on 144.265 MHz CW.

The Location: Lac Ouescapis, Quebec (50.2 N 77.1 W)

Lac Ouescapis is about 80 km north-east of Matagami, Quebec, on the Route de la Baie James, and is just inside the border of Zone 2. (About 22 km into grid square FO10)

Map of Lac Ouescapis, from MapBlast!
Simple map of the Matagami/Radisson area (27 KB). The road from Matagami to Radisson is the Route de la Baie James.
Detailed map of the Matagami/Radisson area (207 KB). We are at "km 80" on the Route de la Baie James.
CQ Zone map showing our approximate location (172 KB). James Bay (Baie James) is the southern "finger" of the Hudson Bay.
Map of Canada showing our approximate location (for the truly lost; 60 KB)
Azimuthal-Equidistant projection (19 KB) centered on Lac Ouescapis, from WM7D.

Sunrise and Sunset Times
October 2001 (UTC)

Date	Day	Rise	Set
20	Fri	1139	2207
21	Sat	1140	2205
22	Sun	1142	2203
23	Mon	1144	2201
24	Tue	1145	2159
25	Wed	1147	2157
26	Thu	1149	2155
27	Fri	1150	2154
28	Sat	1152	2152
29	Sun	1154	2150
30	Mon	1155	2148

2001 Expedition

0000Z Oct 27 - 2359Z Oct 28

The Location: Lac Ouescapis, Quebec (50.2 N 77.1 W)

Lac Ouescapis is about 80 km north-east of Matagami, Quebec, on the Route de la Baie James, and is just inside the border of Zone 2. (About 22 km into grid square FO10)

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