CQWW WPX Contest, SSB - 2021
Call: OM7RU
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: JN98OQ
Operating Time (hrs): 35:52
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 84
80: 255
40: 261
20: 240
15: 51
10: 0
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Total: 981 Prefixes = 603 Total Score = 1,322,982
Club: OM0M DOZEN DASHES CONTEST CLUB
Comments:
First time as Low Power and unassisted. But since I'm one of the guys, which
didn't read rules carefully before the contest, I run first few hours as
unassisted, hi.
Conditions weren't good, but I was able to made few QSOs, and interesting mults
also on 15m. LP is not very suitable for run CQ, except of few hours at the
begining of the test. Then CQ + S/P on radio 2 didn't produced acceptable rates.
So I worked almost the whole rest of the contest as SO1R S/P. Focusing to 3/6
points mults was the main goal. It produced much more points, than SO2R CQ +
S/P.
Few attempts at "free" frequency usually took only few minutes. Then I
was killed by STN, which maybe didn't heard me, or I was inoffensive for him.
Low Power SSB is hard job. Long minutes lost by hopeless calling without
respone. Also synchronisations of listening between 2 splattered top gun PA
stations TXs was strong challenge. A lot of wide, QRMed and splattered signals.
PLUS: Few "strong signal in NY" (or other USA locations)...
MINUS: ...and then few his neighbours with no answer at all.
That's SSB Low Power. But finally: It run better, than I expected, so I wasn't
bothered with ideas of giving it up!
HW worked well, I made only minor maintenances. I got new toy just on Friday
noon - ARCO. But installing, configuring and testing just few hours before the
start would be risky ;)
Thanks to all. Stay contesting!
Used equipments:
Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
Kenwood TS-590SG
microHAM MK2R+
2x microHAM Station Master
2x OM Power OM6BPF
microham doubleTEN ANT switch
DXLog
Antennas:
160m: Inv Vee
80m: OptiBeam OB1-80 rotary dipole @34m
40m: InvVee @20m
AD-3446 multibander @31m:
40m: 3 elements
20m: 4 elements
15m: 4 elements
10m: 6 elements
2-el multibander @15m:
20m: 2 elements
15m: 2 elements
10m: 2 elements
K9AY RX loops
73!
Riki, OM7RU
www.tucek.sk/om7ru
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