CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2020
Call: ZP5AA
Operator(s): ZP5DBC ZP5WBM LU8EOT LU9ESD
Station: ZP5DBC
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Paraguay
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80:
40: 160 21 32
20: 928 24 71
15: 2782 30 110
10: 158 14 36
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Total: 4028 89 249 Total Score = 3,865,706
Club: Araucaria DX Group
Comments:
Another remote experience. Two ops on-site (ZPs), two remotes (LUs).
Thanks to Dany ZP5DBC for the last-minute offer to play with his station which
is still in development, but with a promising future.
Bad weather and a major thunderstorm made us lose the first 12 hours of the
contest and left the low bands useless for us, we could only make some 40M QSO
the second night which were a challenge with above S8 noise level.
The final numbers after just 32 hours of operation was possible only because the
15 meter band had excellent openings with very strong signals.
20 meters continues to behave very strangely on this side of the world, just
like last year. Seeing so much activity, hearing very strong signals but not
being heard, was very frustrating.
We frequently went to 20M thinking we would have a good rate, but it was a waste
of time.
10 meters was not as good for us as it was for other locations in South America
and other parts of the world. It's great to see the high bands active again!
Although this time we were are only participating for fun, and the remote
operation does the job, it was not possible to be as fast as we want and we
like! Due to the delay it was impossible to exceed 6 Qs/min or two 280 Q/h at
the best 15M openings.
It's our greatest wish that this pandemic ends soon, the whole world begins to
recover, and those of us who love contests can travel again to participate on
site as we like to do.
Many thanks to everyone who called us.
Manu LU9ESD on behalf of ZP5AA Team.
Setup on-site:
Run: Flex 6400 + SSDR.
Expert 1.3
Mult: Flex 6400 + SSDR
Acom 2000A
4O3A HP Bandpass Filters
4O3A Antenna Genius
Antennas:
80: Dipole
40: 2 ele Yagi @30 mts
20: 6/6 ele. Yagi @16/27 mts
15: 5/5 ele. Yagi @16/25 mts
10: 6/6 ele. Yagi @15/24 mts
2x Remote Setup:
Flex Maestro + SSDR + Antenna Genius Soft
N1MM linked by VPN
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