Worked All Germany Contest
Call: VE9AA
Operator(s): VE9AA
Station: VE9AA
Class: SO Mixed LP
QTH: nb
Operating Time (hrs): 15:44
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs SSB Qs Mults
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80: 48 1 23
40: 136 8 26
20: 128 12 26
15: 205 24 26
10: 57 6 25
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Total: 574 51 126 Total Score = 236,250
Club: Maritime Contest Club
Comments:
Well, this is the part where I usually TRY to write something clever, humourous,
witty or brave. I got nuttin' !
Was very sick all week with a head cold, so at local midnight with the rates in
the single digits I decided my health was more important than ~60-70 more QSO's,
so I packed it in and got up at sunrise.
I got walloped by the other LP stations in E. NA I am sure.
My wife keeps telling me I should put up a couple towers instead of a vertical
on the shed and an old all band ZS6BKW out behind the house @ 24'. Ya know, I
think she's right ;-D (but don't tell her that, heh)
All that aside, it was a real thrill to work Olli (DH8BQA) in disguise as
DK0WRTC on all bands. That guy knows how to work into the noise floor !
I sure missed 10m where a few short years ago I had hundreds of SSB Q's with
HP, LP , QRP and even mobile stations all over Germany. Sigh....those days are
gone and my wet noodle antennas are really showing their limitations moreso than
ever. (when there's F2, a rusty bedspring works pretty well on 10m and 15m.
Lotsa really good ears in Germany were able to copy my weak signal. Only a
couple brief hours where the signals were what I would call armchair copy and
that was mostly on 15m, though 10m showed some promise, it never really opened
whizz-bang like. I think there was a flare or something and I often found the
DL's louder beaming side-shot off the AU curtain more towards Central Africa
with my little A3S @24' on the other side of the shed from the HF9V.
Well....what can I say? 15 and some hours of fun and my first full length
contest as truly SO2R....it's fun, but takes some getting used to.
We'll do it all again next year !
73 de Mike VE9AA
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