CQ Contest de W4WS

W4WS
THE WINSTON-SALEM COURTEOUS OPERATOR'S CLUB
(AKA WINSTON-SALEM CONTEST CREW)

The W4WS Contest Station
KG4NEP, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

W4WS is the call for the Winston-Salem Contest Crew. Contests have been run from W2DZO for several years, but as of CQWW 2002, most of our operations have taken place from our new Multi-Single station at Robert Whitaker KG4NEP's location in Southeast Forsyth County. The new location has given us an opportunity to put up more towers and receive antennas, something that our little yard on Franklin Street was unable to hold. The station is available for our members, or guest ops, and is designed for SO, SO/2R or M/S. The lineup at the new W4WS includes the following :

160 meters: 75' Shunt Fed Rohn 25 with full radial system/KC2TX rotatable RX Loop
80 Meters: full size 1/4 vertical, Inverted Vee @ 65' /KC2TX rotatable RX Loop
40 Meters: 2L Cushcraft 402CD @ 70'
20 Meters: 5L Hy-Gain Yagi @ 70'
A3S Tribander @ 75'
KT34A Tribander @ 45'
15 Meters: 4 over 4 4L Homebrew Yagis at 75'/45'
10 Meters: 3L Delta Loop @ 45'
Full Writelog logging/networking/automation (CT/TR available)
3 X Yaesu FT920
Alpha 374A amp
3 X Heathkit SB220 amps

See you on the air!

Henry Heidtmann, W2DZO
Trustee, W4WS
Chairman, PVRC/NC-West
Robert Whitaker, KG4NEP
Secretary, PVRC/NC-West

THE PVRC/NC-WEST Chapter meets on the 4th Monday of every month at Cobalt's Eats and Drinks on Deacon Blvd. in Winston-Salem (across from the Joel Coliseum). Arrive at 7pm- we usually wrap up by 9 or so. All contesters are invited!

Our 15M stack after 65MPH winds on Saturday morning of ARRL SSB- ouch.

THE NORTH CAROLINA QSO PARTY

LOOK FOR US IN THESE UPCOMING CONTESTS!
CQWW SSB

The Winston-Salem Courteous Operator's Club was originally founded in 1994 by members of the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club who had a special interest in contesting, as well as visiting Prince's On the Park for pizza, wings and beer after FARC meetings. Membership in the club requests you to be a member of the FARC, OR operate the CQWW SSB contest with our team at least once. (You will then be privvy to the Order of The Scepter...) The vanity call W4WS was received in 1997 with Henry Heidtmann, W2DZO as trustee. We are affiliated with CDXA (Carolina DX Association) and many of our members are affiliated with the North Carolina Chapter of The Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC). Our club 10-X number (#68632). For information about joining us for a contest, you may email the group at: henry@summitschool.com. The mailing address is:

THE WINSTON-SALEM CONTEST CREW, W4WS
934 FRANKLIN STREET
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA 27101

(L) Jim WX3B works em on 80. (R) Gene WB4MSG logs away.

The WX3B Force 12 C3S- the hardest working yagi in the NE.

Henry W2DZO and Gene WB4MSG traveled to Manchester, Md. to the QTH of WX3B to work with Jim's Multi/Multi operation. What a blast!

WX1NCC's W4WS Contest Crew Page ( the unofficial yet curiously intriguing site)

CONTEST LINKS

CONTESTING.COM WORLD CONTEST STATION DATABASE

FORCE 12 KC2TX RECEIVING LOOPS CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION

NORTH CAROLINA QSO PARTY INFO

SOUTHEAST CONTEST CLUB C.A.T.S. (THE ROTOR DOC)

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, WF4DD

PVRC/NC CHAPTER QRZ CALLSIGN LOOKUP EHAM.NET

KU4BP W2DZO

Bill KD4RGB, Joe Walsh WB6ACU, Henry W2DZO, Don WS4NC at Dayton

PICTURES FROM 2003 WPX SSB AS WS4NC M/S @ KG4NEP

2003 CQWW SSB Results for W4WS
(updated 7/15/04)
Multi Single from KG4NEP
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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   160:    9     4        8
    80:   67    12       38
    40: 175    25       85
    20: 432    33      113
    15: 803    33      120
    10: 759    31      125
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Total: 2245   138      489
Total Score = 3,538,161
(5th Claimed MS US)

PICTURES OF W4WS

20 METER TOWER 40 METER TOWER
5L @70' 402CD @ 70', A3S@75'

15 METERS-4 OVER 4 @ 75'35' , 3L 10 METER DELTA LOOP @45'

KC2TX 80/160 RCV LOOP