CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: IR4M
Operator(s): I4EWH I4FYF I4IFL IK3QAR IK4DCW IK4HVR IK4MGP IZ4JUK IZ4NIC IZ4ZZB
Station: IR4M
Class: M/S HP
QTH: MonteCodruzzo
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 111 11 66
80: 770 24 104
40: 1637 36 134
20: 2643 39 150
15: 789 35 146
10: 89 20 89
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Total: 6039 165 689 Total Score = 8,944,796
Club: Rhein Ruhr DX Association
Comments:
Most part of Friday was spent trying to figure out the reason of failure
of internet connection, who worked fine until the day before.
After LAN debugging we discovered a cable nibbled by a rodent :)
Apart from that, everything else worked flawlessly... except
propagation, the worst we remember since the foundation of IR4M.
Not only high bands were impacted (K1LZ was the only USA worked on
10m!), but also low bands suffered a lot due to the storms of the days
before. As a result, we can't hear NA on 40m for most part of the
nights, and zone 3 was only worked the second night with just two QSO
(thanks N2RD and K5RR).
On 160m Jeff VY2ZM was barely audible, and that says it all...
On 15M Saturday morning no JA at all, I think that never happened before!
During the afternoon conditions towards NA improved, while Sunday
worsened forcing us to stay on 20m...
Compared to last year conditions have been awful, and that reflects on
our score.
In the team we had a few young operators (a rarity, nowadays), who are
still learning, but did very well.
Congrats to 9A1P, our neighbors on the other side of Adriatic Sea for
their outstanding result, really unreachable for us. Thanks for the
challenge on cqcontest, a pity OM7M and OM8A were missing.
Thanks to Paolo I4EWH for the great food, and to Claudio IK4DCW and
Walter I4KLY for technical assistance.
See you in CW leg, and on our Facebook page.
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