CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: SM6U
Operator(s): SM6U
Station: SK6AW
Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP
QTH: JO67AQ, Gothenburg
Operating Time (hrs): 29
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40:
20: 1011 36 131
15:
10:
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Total: 1011 36 131 Total Score = 322,392
Club: Worldwide Young Contesters
Comments:
It was a very fun contest, despite some bad condx and faults.
I borrowed a FT1k and a Voice Keyer to try tome SO2V instead of using my old
TS-850SAT with the DRU-VK. It was a nice change, especially to be able to do
some multie-hunting on VFO2 between the CQ's. However murphy came around on
friday before the contest, the borrowed brand-new MFJ keyer had a faulty
connection to the rig shorting +5V to ground, making the FT1k act like a
scanner ;-) That was taken care of prior to the contest, and during the contest
everything worked flawlessly. Many thanks to SM6YOF/Janne for borrowing me the
rig and other support, also thanks to SM6MIS/Sten for the voicekeyer.
On saturday condx were average or perhaps slightly above average for the time
being. Between 17z-20z there was some heavy static rain that came in S9 to
S9+20 on all bands, wich made everything very boring, but it eventually
disappeared. During sunday the band opened very slow, and when it finally
opened, no real runs was possible, where was all the JA stations?! I only
worked a handfull during both days. Later on when it opened up towards NA, I
got reports that my frequency was clear and the signal descent into NA, but
very few stations came back to me.
During the slow times on 20m I worked on 15 & 10 with my other callsigns for
fun, wich was great to get some rate again.
Overall it was a fun contest as usual. I didn't get my frequency stolen as many
times as with low power earlier years ;-)
Equipment:
FT-1000 MkV Field
MFJ-434B
4el MB (CueDee) @ 16m
SB220 @ 800-900w
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