Conditions were fine this year, but hope for better one, maybe in next contests.
I started the contest in „panic mode“. I updated DXLog to the newest version, I considered few improvements like useful, so why not? Right after the start of the contest I realised, that something is wrong. Confused TX messages in S&P, damaged timing, no DX cluster… and many others. Simply – all previous updates worked well right after installation, except v2.5.46. I spent first two hours of the contest by searching of solutions, so rate had to be lower and it really was… Then also 40m InvVee with high SWR, practically dead.
Bands were partially opened to various directions, but I didn’t have real long pileup to any direction on any band. 10m and 160m only to have a few more mults. 15m was also fine, but this contest is mostly about 40m and 20m. Long openings of 20m were the evidence about conDX improving. But still plenty of weak and QRMed signals on all bands.
Highlight was funny boy, who made „shadowing“ of my CQ cca 150 Hz beside me. He was calling regular CQ with my callsign! It took cca 10 minutes and I was thinking, how many times he did it during the whole contest. I can do nothing, except hope, that it won’t be considered as „two signals on the band“ with corresponding consequences…
Great party, I made personal WPX CW record in QSOs, mults, points and also final score. Satisfied 🙂
Thanks to all participants!
FINAL score: 6 234 768
Category: SO AB HP
Rank: WW #50 EU #23 OM #1
RAW score: 6 497 152
Category: SO AB HP
Rank: WW #52 EU #24 OM #1
Call: OM7K
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Location : JN98OQ
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 44
80: 182
40: 844
20: 786
15: 416
10: 32
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Total: 2304 Prefixes: 1052 Total Score: 6,497,152
Club: Dozen Dashes Contest Club
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
- 20m: Inv V @10m
- K9AY RX loops
73!
Riki, OM7RU/OM7K
www.tucek.sk/om7ru