CQ WW DX CONTEST SSB 2014

Fortunately great CONDX especially on high bands. Unfortunately strong QRM 59 to 59 + 10 dB across all three high bands, seems to be strong local industrial QRM. I am not sure, if I will be able to solve it…

QRM caused, that I rotated to only one direction with low QRM level: to JA on Saturday. I decided to use other way on Sunday. I switched on all filters and tried to read NA and SA signals and it works quite nice.

I need to improve S/P for mults. Too few MULTS compared with stations with similar numbers of QSOs…

I also miss low bands RX ANT. All components of RX loops were ready to install in the garden. But I gave up due to well known reason of this year: wet, rain, mud… Hope in better weather conditions during one month till CW leg.

Thanks to all participant, you are the reason of a lot great experiences during pileups of peaks over 250 QSO/h on all bands, including Top Band.

Final score:   1 959 166
Category:      SO AB HP
Rank:          WW #65   EU #20   OM #1

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

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Location : Northern Europe

Summary:

Band     QSOs  Zones Countries
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160:     201     5    38
80:      526    10    52
40:      483    15    66
20:      344    23    70
15:      471    21    66
10:      532    27    80
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Total:  2557   101   372    Total Score 2,049,509

Club: OM0M Dozen Dashes Contest Club

Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
ACOM 2000A
MicroHAM microKeyer, MicroHAM StationMaster
WinTest
UltraBeam UB ONE rotator

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