ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: GM3PPG
Operator(s): G4BYB
Station: GM3PPG
Class: SOSB/80 HP
QTH: North Uist, Outer He
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80: 962 55
40:
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 962 55 Total Score = 158,730
Club:
Comments:
I operated 80m single band SSB again from the island of
North Uist, Outer Hebrides. I set up a 6 el. vertical
phased array next to the Atlantic again, but operated from
an old croft house this year rather than /P. No faults
with either rigs or antennas - wind speeds a lot lower
than last year. Prop. condx. excellent on the first night
with many good strength West Coast signals and low noise
levels. The band stayed open for me till 0830z but I could
hear CU2X continuing for another 2 hours. The West coast
signals I could hear at this time were about S1-2 at my quiet
Northerly location, but unworkable. The highlight of the
first night was working VE8EV in NWT. Condx. for me were a lot
worse the second night with more absorbtion, and a noisier
band, but still a few West Coast signals. Very pleased to
end up with 22 Californian qso's, but missed out on MT, UT, ID,
NV, VO2, VE5, VY0, and VY1. Thanks to K3VOA for the only DC qso.
and AC7NO for WY. Heard and worked more VE4 than ever before.
The 6 el vertical has a better high angle F/B than a conventional
4 square, but a significantly narrower main azimuth lobe, albeit 2dB more
gain on boresight. This may have contributed to it being unable sometimes to
keep the freq. clear of Central/South American stations and Caribbean
stations from encroaching. Maybe next year I need a separate
rx antenna.
Looks like paths to the West coast did not extend into North-Eastern Europe
from the post from Jurek - SP3GEM.
Difficult to imagine how to compete with the tremendous station
and score from Martii at CU2X - which is also in Europe - but
great fun nonetheless. Thanks to all the callers and hope to
see you all again next year. I used SD logging and thank Paul
EI5DI, for providing this prog. free. 73, Rick (GM3PPG).
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