Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: VK6DXI
Operator(s): VK6DXI
Station: VK6DXI
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: OF88di
Operating Time (hrs): 11.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 37 Total Score = 781
Club: VK Contest Club
Comments:
I just managed to put up a new Inv Vee at 60ft, hours before the contest.
First few QSO's at the sun set, prooved antenna and coonditions to be good.
K1GUN worked long before his sunrise. Then a great pile up of JA's.
As soon as the contest started, things have changed. Very few answers to my CQ's
so S & P for most of the contest.
Band was rather noisy for most of the time.
Signals were rather week. Very few NA stations heard and they came with week
signals. Same with Eu. As for the JA pile up ... it never came back.
As most of the QSO's from this part of the world have to be a DX, with a poor
propagation it was a difficult, hard work, all the way throughout the contest.
I have put 100% effort and I have imrpoved my 2003 score by 3.5 times, but still
there were only 37 QSO's in the log.
A bit embarrassing, but ... I had 80% of them as a DX's, 20-30 pointers.
Best DX was K9DX at 17502km, but many worked, were above 14,000 km.
New countries: NL7Z and KH6/N6KB
Stations from the neighbourghood:
There were 4 other VK's heard/worked: VK3IO (2653 km), VK6HD (335km), VK6VZ/6
(384km), VK6ABL (10 km)
There were 2 ZL's worked: ZL2BSJ (5229) and ZL3IX (5043).
Other Oceania stations worked were: YB5AQB (3901) and KH6/N6KB (11361 km
away).
Missed out on VQ9LA for a new country, though called him several times and he
had quite a good signal. Other missed New Ones: HL3IUA and XE2KK, as they S&P
and worked others.
At the end of the day... I was happy to be in the test and work several old
friends.
Thanks to organizers for this interesting, challenging contest and see you next
time....
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