DARC 10-Meter Contest
Call: DL1IAO
Operator(s): DL1IAO
Station: DL0WW
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: JN49FO
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Summary:
Band QSOs
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CW: 157
SSB:
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Total: 157 Mults = 117 Total Score = 18,369
Club: Bavarian Contest Club
Comments:
IC756Pro3(INRAD) + Alpha87A, Idiom Press CMOS4
WT v3.27.1 on HP Omnibook XE3
Packet, Skimmer
6el Yagi @24m
DXCC wkd: 22
The first hour produced 98 QSOs on 28010 with a constant pileup of DL Scatter
signals peaking at about 160deg. I was rarely able to copy a complete call
because most signals were watery and of equal strength. Whenever I turned the
Yagi east to work a Russian or Asian station the pileup disappeared and the
rate dropped. EX2X and VK4SN called in for a nice multiplier during the first
minutes. At about 09:40 it started to rain and the Yagi picked up some annoying
static noise. I kept going but had a hard time to pull through the next couple
of QSOs. At 10:00 the QRN suddenly disappeared and the rate went up again for
the next 15min. ZS5XT was a nice surprise at 10:13. Then scatter signals from
160deg almost completely faded and I began to work some UA9, UR and other
Europeans, but at a much slower pace. At 10:25 I decided to click on some of
the packet and skimmer spots and worked 5H3EE, 9K2/SP4R, HZ1FI and XV1X in
between my CQs on 28010. I checked other spots on the bandmap but failed to
work them in a reasonable amount of time. I earned a call by BD7NWF (10:42) and
7Z1SJ (10:45), and worked 4K9W at 10:51 through his huge pileup. This cost my CQ
frequency so I spent the last minutes on 28008 and closed the second hour with
59 QSOs.
As every year I enjoyed these 2 hours on 10m with challenging propagation, DX
multipliers and local friends calling in. So far this is my best score and I
know it will be difficult to go beyond it with this setup.
Thanks for the QSOs,
73 & HNY,
Stefan
DL1IAO@contesting.com
http://www.dl1iao.com
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