CQ WW WPX CONTEST SSB 2019

The first SSB contest with a bit of SO2R.

I just tested, what’s SO2R about, what is necesary to set up and build. I had bad second radio antennas, so I was only able to receive on radio 2.
I was not able to produce any pileup, so I worked mostly S/P. During CQs there were many weak signals, so I had to be often focused to listen only one radio. There is a lot to improve to have real SO2R station.
Conditions were poor on high bands, only few QSOs on 15m, low bands better. I also missed second openings on 20m… There is more and more really high power stations, often hand in hand with bad signals (wide, splattered, overcompressed) which is decreasing playground especially for low power and QRP guys.

Thaks to everybody, who took part! I enjoy to CW.

Final score:   1 903 188
Category:      SO AB HP
Rank:          WW #64    EU #23    OM #1

Call: OM7RU
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 35:46
Location : Northern Europe

Summary:

Band    QSOs
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 160:    90
  80:   410
  40:   459
  20:   286
  15:     9
  10:     0
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Total: 1254 Prefixes: 659 Total Score: 1,975,023

Club: Dozen Dashes Contest Club

Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
Icom IC-706 MkII
ACOM 2000A
microHAM MK2R+
2x microHAM Station Master
2x OM Power OM6BPF
DXLog

Antennas:
160m: Vertical (35m tower + 2 elevated radials)
80m: OptiBeam OB1-80 rotary dipole @34m
AD-3446 multibander:
40m: 3 elements
20m: 4 elements
15m: 4 elements
10m: 6 elements
40m: InvVee
20m: InvVee
K9AY RX loops

73!
Riki, OM7RU