CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: OQ5M
Operator(s): ON5ZO
Station: ON5ZO
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: homesweethome
Operating Time (hrs): 38
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 320 8 48
80: 631 16 72
40: 605 21 86
20: 768 30 82
15: 476 24 69
10: 104 16 45
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Total: 2904 115 402 Total Score = 2,502,797
Club: Rhein Ruhr DX Association
Comments:
What a contast! Isn't CW contesting to be filed under 'Hard Drugs'?
I enjoyed some very good runs: most of the time 'last hour' was over 90 and
even 8 hours of +100, with a top hour of 153 QSOs. That was new for me!
N1MMLogger with Microham's MK2R+ really is a killer combo. The weakest link in
SO2R is the operator. I need to practice. But it is so much fun.
The score was 2.35 meg with 40 minutes to go. I wanted to break the
psychological barrier of 2.5 million, so I really pushed the second radio
barefoot on 40/80 while running 160m. I calculated that I needed 4 to 5 mults
to get there, but after GJ2A, EA9EU, V26K I was out of luck - pile ups too big
for barefoot breaking. Then a CT1 called on 160m for a country mult! Add a
couple of QSO's 'et voilÃ?': 2 500 000. points...
I think I did not do too bad with my Field Day setup, but I am left with a lot
of 'what ifs'.
"What if" the WX was good?
I Lost the first night due to bad WX: no low band antennas up because of very
strong winds. I left the crank up tower down. I just don't risk damaging the
tower or the antennas. I put it all up Saturday night, in the dark, when the
wind was gone.
"What if" I could have used my new sloper array for 40m?
My backup 40m vertical came down earlier this week (Murphy!!!): worn out fiber
mast due to UV exposure for over 5 years. Applied a quick and dirty solution on
Friday and it held up. I will replace it with aluminum tubing!
"What if" there had not been the unexpected RFI on 20/15m?
It made the keyboard lock up or disable some keys. That wasn't there before! So
I needed to solve that in the contest. Tin foil and ferrite everywhere!
"What if" I had a second amp for the second radio along with a second
tribander?
Now I had to SO2R with the S&P rig barefoot, and I have only one tribander for
20/15/10m.
Still: CW contesting is the greatest thing there is in the hobby. If it weren't
for that...
73 ES TNX for the QSO de Franki ON5ZO / OQ5M
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