CQ WW 160m CONTEST CW 2022

This year HP again. But only a bit better, than LP last year…

I redesigned Inv Vee to Half Sloper, and it works fine. I was lucky man, strong wind during Sunday in middle EU didn’t caused me any power outages or antennas damages.

CONDX were average during first night, every DX was hard dug from noise or pileup, but most NA replied to my CQ. OK, will try to improve S/P mults on Sunday morning. None. Second night was miserable, only 2 new VE mults.

Non Assisted is more and more empty. Good for final rank, bad for comparison to competitors.
One sad trend: It looked like Web SDR RX using is more and more „popular“. So… how to deal with it? No RADIO = no HAM.

Thanks to all enthusiasts of TOP BAND contesting!

FINAL score:   451 212
Category:      SO HP
Rank:          WW #29   EU #12   OM #2

RAW score:     455 772
Category:      SO HP
Rank:          WW #29   EU #12   OM #2

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

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: JN98OQ
Operating Time (hrs): 29:56
Location : Europe

Summary:

  QSOs     State/Prov   Countries   Total Score
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  1141        14           62          455,772
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Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
OM Power 3500A
microHAM MK2R+
microHAM Station Master
OM Power OM6BPF
microHAM doubleTEN ANT switch
DXLog

Antennas:
160m: Half Sloper @30m
K9AY RX loops

73!
Riki, OM7RU