CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2023
Call: OM7K
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: JN98OQ
Operating Time (hrs): 41:39
OpMode: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 179 6 35
80: 456 17 53
40: 964 27 80
20: 582 26 79
15: 517 29 92
10: 610 33 76
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Total: 3308 138 415 Total Score = 3,649,247
Club: OM0M DOZEN DASHES CONTEST CLUB
Comments:
Technical problems was the main issue of this contest, Mr. Murphy was here
again.
OM Power PA started to trip the breaker and to burn PA fuses. Longer heat-up
solved it.
Then ACOM started to refuse autotuning. I used default settings. SDR RX used as
panadapter stopped to work right before the start of the contest. Restart of
everything at 00:00 UTC. Main monitor started to have few seconds blackouts
every 5-10 minutes. RX verticals main preamp burned off on Saturday night,
despite I played a lot with delays before the contest. Lost 80 minutes finding
the reason and reconnecting of RX ANT to spare K9AY RX ANT. Two or three
complete restarts of the whole PC due to frozen of something were only
irrelevant issues.
Conditions were fine, but unstable. Solid low bands pileups on both mornings,
then good JA openings of all high bands. Also NA openings were fine, but bands
conditions went up and down unexpectedly.
Plus Aurora few times. Sunday was of a bit worse conditions. In general: good
low bands, so improving of the high bands ANTs is my main goal.
Traffic was fine in general, not a lot of intruders, It wasn't problem to find
free frequency, callers came right after the first RBN spot (what a difference
to SSB leg). Saturday was of running pileups, but S&P for mults was
essential for final score on Sunday.
I often had problem to say to callers, that I didn't receive their callsign.
They sent exchange and went away no matter they didn't hear their callsig played
at all. I had to persuade them, that I didn't have their proper or complete
callsign. Few QSOs weren't logged.
But contesting was good relax, as usually, including "faults
stresses", hi. Thank you for participation, guys!
Used equipments:
Kenwood TS-590SG
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
OM Power 3500A
ACOM 2000A
microHAMs: MK2R+, 2x Station Master, doubleTEN, ARCO
2x OM Power OM6BPF
DXLog
Antennas:
160m: Half Sloper
80m: OptiBeam OB1-80 @34m
AD-3446 @31m
2-el tribander @15m
40m: Inv V @20m
5 circle phased vertical RX array
K9AY RX loops
73!
Riki, OM7RU/OM7K
www.tucek.sk/om7ru
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