CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: OM7RU
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 42:42
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
------------------------------
160: 310 9 45
80: 768 15 69
40: 922 25 90
20: 731 30 93
15: 105 20 53
10: 0 0 0
------------------------------
Total: 2836 99 350 Total Score = 2,048,338
Club:
Comments:
This year I participated with limitation of my antenna farm. Half of my
Cushcraft A4S boom (half with just reflector mounted) crashed and new large
Multibander has arrived just two days before the CW leg... Fortunately, I was
able to tune my PA without problem into remaining 2 elements.
I was aware of incoming Sun activity minimum, so I didn't expect good
conditions. So, only huge noise on both days on 10m, I checked the band from
time to time, but no QSO, no mults... 15m bad on Saturday, a bit better on
Sunday, but without any pileup. 20m better than 15m, but with worthwhile 3
points rare pileups only on Sunday afternoon. Low bands were other cup of
coffee. I spent a lot of low band operating time in pileups, long minutes in
row of over 200 QSO/h weren't rare. Saturday morning on Top band, evening on
80m, yes, mostly of 1 point, of course. And as a gift 40m North America opening
on Sunday afternoon.
I checked guys at LiveScore (I wasn't connected) and I was surprised, that my
QSO number is of Top Ten, but miserable mult number. It stimulated me to took
care more about mults S/P. And it worked. Hard mults hunting together with a
lot of 40m 3-points pileup at the end of the contest speeded up me from #15 to
#11 (virtualy) in the EU SOABHP list. I'm quite satisfied in the
"one-radio subcategory".
Tired, but with cleared head after almost 43 hours of dots and dashes
contesting.
So, thanks to all who call me or participate at the contest, I really enjoyed a
lot in long pileups.
Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
ACOM 2000A
MicroHAM microKeyer, MicroHAM StationMaster
WinTest
UltraBeam UB ONE rotator
Antennas:
160m: Vertical (35m tower + 2 elevated radials)
80m: OptiBeam OB1-80 rotary dipole @34m
40m: InvVee @21m
20, 15, 10m: "Reduced" Cushcraft A4S to 2 el. tribander @31m
73!
Riki, OM7RU
www.tucek.sk/om7ru
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
______________________________________________
3830 mailing list
3830@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/3830
|