CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: SP4Z
Operator(s): SP4Z
Station: SP4Z
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: Lapy
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 233 15 61
80: 891 29 102
40: 868 38 139
20: 671 36 128
15: 130 28 59
10: 10 3 8
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Total: 2803 149 497 Total Score = 3,379,872
Club: SP DX Club
Comments:
dear Contesters:
Low bands were in good shape
I was QRT on Sunday morning from 02:00 to 05:00 UTC for sleep
Really nice 30 min opening to NA on 15m on Sunday afternoon
but only for very directive area: VE1,W1,W2,W3
I am far to North-East of Poland, close to LY@EU border.
There no were other signals at that moment specially from
mults area of Carribean Sea even plenty of spots.
Strange very selective opening on 15m.
I wanted to rich 3000 QSO - but mults are worth that total score.
Congrats Balkans friends YQ9W LZ8A YR9P for their higher numbers of QSOs
in our category.
Plenty of work made before Contest with repair 3 antennas on
one mast. It put up on Friday - one week before Contest + Beverages
for season + hardware work on equipment setup of course.
TRCV was small IC7000 bcse FT1000MP Mark V was deaf due to some problems
with roofing filter perhaps - not time to check what was wrong
(borrow that rig few days before Contest)
Main Receiver had almost 20 db weaker signal than Sub-Rec.
So I used in IC7000 - 3 memo channels for each band with handly finding and
recording in few seconds a new spoting station and backing to CQ in main
channel
to not loose running freq (sometime was already busy after "Cluster" QSO).
Sometimes I hate that procedure but after mult QSO - feel much better.
Sometimes I was first working spoting station or monitoring that QRG
waiting for best moment to DX QSO during CQs in other time.
DSP in IC7000 really work good - cancelling QRMs from big stations
close my freq.
Lost few nice double mults like KH7X, HS0ZDY on 80 + few on 160m
I really recommend small split for rare stations on low bands:
QRMs slows rate that station. This method used 5H3EE, 7X0RY, XW1B
All and all I like that contest very much and there are plans
for next years.
73 Wes SP4Z
http://www.contesting.com/articles/943 (thank you Henryk SM0JHF)
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