CQ WW WPX CONTEST CW 2013

I looked forward to this contest. I have never run this category in WPX and conditions looked nice, high bands were opened for 24 hours. Murphy visited me 2 weeks before the contest and made rotator controller output failure. But burned transistor was detected and replaced thanks to Jeffs help – W2FU from GreenHeron.

Propagation was: disaster. I started on 20 m, but pileup falled after 2 hours,so I moved to low bands. Morning opening to east was only for big guns. I hoped to better openings to NA and SA after first sleeping break. But none. 20 m was suitable for pile up, but most of QSOs were 1 pointed. 15 m was good only for S/P, 10 m only for to not have zero QSOs 🙂 Sat/Sun night I spent on low bands again. Sunday conditions were the copy of Saturday… Except nice opening to NA just 2 hours before the contest. But with QRN, which was switched at the moment from S1 to S8/S9 and rates at the same moment switched from 80-100 to 20-30… Last 30 minutes I spent on 40m, but also with huge QRN, sometimes over S9. So sorry, if I was not able to copy you, even if you was 59 +20 and I asked you for repeating the number again and again due to QRN bang just in the time of sending the same digit…

Fortunately, all components worked without problems, except few incorrect PA relay switching.

Thanks to all participant!

Final score:   3 169 692
Category:      SO AB HP
Rank:          WW #66    EU #22    OM #1

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

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 35:58
Location : Northern Europe

Summary:

Band     QSOs
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160:      77
80:      308
40:      487
20:      759
15:      167
10:       36
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Total:  1834  Prefixes: 740 Total Score: 3,341,100

Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
ACOM 2000A (1,5 kW OUT)
MicroHAM microKeyer, MicroHAM StationMaster
WinTest

Antennas:
160m: Vertical (35m tower 2 elevated radials)
80m: OptiBeam OB1-80 rotary dipole @34m
40m: InvVee @21m
20, 15, 10m: Cushcraft A4S 3 el. tribander @31m

73!
Riki, OM7RU