First time full time SSB High Power participation at WPX contest.

Conditions were quite fine, all bands were opened. I felt better at low bands, I was able to spent more time in CQs. There started terrible 59+ QRN during second night on 160m, (no problem), but also on 80m (problem…). High bands were nice opened, but with my (antenna) setup I was able to run really valuable NA pileup only for 1 hour on 20m on Sunday evening. Most time I spent with S/P. Especially 10m was interesting. I was able to S/P all directions during Saturday openings, but completely closed NA, but with nice SA opening on Sunday.

Highlights:
– high bands (especially 20 and 15m) were similar to confused mess of sounds and spletters, S-meter didn’t fall below S9…
– it was easier to find mult, than free frequency for CQ…
– Russians didn’t have problem with starting of ragchewing just over my pileup using xyz kW (59 + 20 dB)…
– a lot of stations had major part of output power compressed off their operating frequency, into spletters, not rare +/- 3 kHz.

Thanks to all participants!

Final score:   2 778 375
Category:      SO AB HP
Rank:          WW #95    EU #52    OM #1

 

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

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 35:47
Location : Northern Europe

 

Summary:

Band     QSOs
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160:      37
80:      391
40:      329
20:      376
15:      334
10:      147
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Total:  1614  Prefixes: 793 Total Score: 2,991,792

 

Club: 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
 RX: K9AY RX loops for 160, 80 and 40m
 20, 15, 10m: Cushcraft A4S 3 el. tribander @31m

 

73!
Riki, OM7RU

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