Full time operating after 4 years, quite different CONDX.
I made some repairs on HW, all works quite fine. Also RX K9AY was installed. The only one trouble was SW problems with audio recording + few minor faults of the DXLog. This is probably the reason of rare appearance in the Client list at „Live Contest Score Server“. Time to test N1MM.
The bands was in relatively good shape, but main bands – 40m and 20m was crowded a lot. 15m to S/P, especially for mults, with often quick 10m scans. Some directions were opened only for short time.
The focus of main number of stations to 40m and 20m was evident. Bands were full, some easy and opened directions were unreacheable. Despite of good signals and precise antenna beaming the QSOs were sometimes the test of patience. Big parts of bands were covered by BIG GUNs with enormous strong and wide splattered signals. I think sometimes it’s intention, to not have somebody close to him. Some of them were so strong, that I think that the burned hole caused by those burning splatters are on the band even now, hi.
This was probably the last contest without SO2R HW, so I have to speed-up my effort to reconfigure the whole HAMshack. The plan is to have SO2R in CW leg, I’ll see…
Thanks to all participants!
Final score: 1,480,680 Category: SO AB HP Rank: WW #43 EU #12 OM #1
Call: OM7RU
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 42:37
Location: Northern Europe
Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------------------------- 160: 123 8 33 80: 406 14 66 40: 586 23 94 20: 712 23 79 15: 141 28 65 10: 41 6 19 ------------------------------------------------- Total: 2009 102 356 Total Score 1,571,398
Club: OM0M Dozen Dashes Contest Club
Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
ACOM 2000A
MicroHAM microKeyer, MicroHAM StationMaster
DXLog
Antennas:
160m: Vertical (35m tower + 2 elevated radials)
80m: OptiBeam OB1-80 rotary dipole @34m
AD-3446 multibander:
40m: 3 elements
20m: 4 elements
15m: 4 elements
10m: 6 elements
K9AY RX loops
73!
Riki, OM7RU
www.tucek.sk/om7ru