This time I decided to run Low Power after long long years of HP only.
I have troubles with PAs, so I didn’t want to sprint with repairs just before the contest. Good reason to test my ANT setup performance with Low Power only. And I was surprised. I had no any serious problem to make QSOs, except few STNs. I was mostly able to do what I heard. Sometimes lost my freqency, I was loser in advance, because of LP, hi.
The second trouble was interuptions due to strong storms on Saturday evening. There were a few with nice lightnings series, but too dangerous to stay connected to outside cables. Lost cca 1,5 hours in total.
And just during sunny Sunday morning: another almost 1,5 hours due to high voltage line fault…
Low bands in good, but nevertheless summer shape. No special DX on 160m and 80m. But 40m with nice opened to NA during the whole night. 20m with no real NA opening. 15m and 10m are starting to look as alive again.
Thanks to all, who took part.
FINAL score: 697 918 Category: SO AB HP Rank: WW #10 EU #6 OM #1
RAW score: 714 618 Category: SO AB HP Rank: WW #9 EU #6 OM #1
Call: OM7RU
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU
Class: SOABCW LP
QTH: JN98OQ
Operating Time (hrs): 21:00
Location: Northern Europe
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults ----------------------------------------------------------- 160: 52 5 21 80: 162 9 25 40: 278 14 29 20: 418 27 33 15: 138 13 23 10: 58 8 15 ----------------------------------------------------------- Total: 1106 0 76 146 Total Score 714,618
Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
Icom IC-706 MkII
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
73!
Riki, OM7RU
www.tucek.sk/om7ru