CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2023
Call: OL5Y
Operator(s): OL5Y
Station: OL5Y
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: BKO
Operating Time (hrs): 40
OpMode: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 233 9 46
80: 553 14 61
40: 544 26 89
20: 383 21 68
15: 606 28 79
10: 322 28 65
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Total: 2641 126 408 Total Score = 2,848,356
Club: Czech Contest Club
Comments:
4 days before the contest I came back from the USA and struggled with jet-lag. I
wanted to take advantage of the time delay so that I would have energy for the
first part of the race, which unfortunately didn't work out: I couldn't sleep at
all before the event. The intense fatigue that came around 10Z was such that I
wondered if I was even able to finish the contest. About 90 minutes of sleep
helped. Then the crisis came a few more times - the strongest on Sunday morning
around 8Z - I was in a state where at one point I didn't understand what was
happening, what the lines on the screen meant and why I was chasing them with
the cursor - really weird, I can't describe it. In the end I had different
breaks for 8 hours, which I definitely didn't plan :-(
I participated in "Un-Assisted" this time and my goal for the contest
was to make the same number of QSOs as last year in the Assisted category (of
course I had to have much less multipliers). That didn't happen despite a great
CONDX, but I was only 130 QSOs short.
As I mentioned, CONDX were great, including the low bands. I was even called by
a few DX stations on 160m - of course I realize that without the RBN they
wouldn't have found me, but it was still satisfying. The signals from some
stations were incredible. I wonder what the output was of HA1TJ, which was
always about 20 dB stronger than anyone else on 80m - including nearby
stations.
Thank you all for calling me or answering my call!
73! Martin, OL5Y
Radios: SunSDR MB1 and IC-756 (1st version)
Accessories: microHAM ARCO, MK2R+, Station masters, Stack masters, switches...
Antennas:
160: Inv. V @ 19m (63 ft.)
80: Inv. V @ 19m
40: 3-el Yagi (AD-3446) @ 25m (82 ft.) + 2-el Moxon (40MA2) @ 35m (115 ft.)
20/15/10: 3-el tribander ECO @ 20m (66 ft.), 3-el Spiderbeam @ 20m, 4-4-6-el
Yagi (AD-3446) @ 25m (82 ft.), 3-4-6-el Yagi (AD-346) @ 16m (40 ft.)
SW: N1MM+
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