The first SSB contest with two radios + two PAs in HP category.
Low bands in good shape on Saturday, then nicely opened 15m and 20m to NA. 10m with good activity, but I wasn’t able to produce pileup. Quite long opening of 20m. Sunday conditions went down. 10m of opening to various mults directions, but stil rare QSOs during my CQ. Also 20m and 15m with less rates than on Saturday.
I had two nice pileups, but of cca 50% of dupes. Then I asked fifth dupe STN in a row: „Which station are you calling?“. Interesting answer: „M7RUO“. Please, never call cluster, call live station! None of these 5 dupes listened who they are calling. Long minutes of explaining my real callsign, hi.
Second not so funny experiance: Bands are still more and more full of stations, spletters, QRMs. There was not easy to find the place to start calling CQ. Just place, where the QRM is acceptably low.
It looks like web SDRs are more and more used in both, DXing and contesting. Will see, how responsibles are going to react.
Summarised, another nice weekend. I’m still able to work more than 43 hours. I broke my personal CQ WW SSB records. Good motivation to improve station. Idea of replacing K9AY loops with more efective RX system.
Thanks to all who contesting!
CU in CW!
FINAL score: 2 485 615 Category: SO AB HP Rank: WW #31 EU #9 OM #1
RAW score: 2 622 284 Category: SO AB HP Rank: WW #32 EU #10 OM #1
Call: OM7RU
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 43:25
Location: Northern Europe
Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------------------------- 160: 202 5 40 80: 331 14 56 40: 942 24 85 20: 824 27 79 15: 562 26 65 10: 139 17 38 ------------------------------------------------- Total: 3000 113 363 Total Score 2,622,284
Club: OM0M Dozen Dashes Contest Club
Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
Kenwood TS-590SG
ACOM 2000A
OM Power 3500A
microHAM MK2R+
2x microHAM Station Master
2x OM Power OM6BPF
microHAM doubleTEN ANT switch
microHAM ARCO
DXLog
Antennas:
160m: Inv Vee
80m: OptiBeam OB1-80 rotary dipole @34m
AD-3446 multibander @31m:
40m: 3 elements
20m: 4 elements
15m: 4 elements
10m: 6 elements
2-el multibander @15m:
20m: 2 elements
15m: 2 elements
10m: 2 elements
40m: Inv V @20m
20m: Inv V @10m
K9AY RX loops
73!
Riki, OM7RU
www.tucek.sk/om7ru