Oceania DX Contest, CW
Call: VK3MI
Operator(s): VK3MI
Station: VK3MI
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: VK3
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 2 1
80: 44 34
40: 154 108
20: 173 138
15: 67 55
10: 4 3
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Total: 444 339 Total Score = 531,891
Club: Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club
Comments:
Conditions seemed much better this year with more QSOs on 160M, 80M and 10M.
But, as usual, there were a few challenges! My main vertical antenna collapsed
in severe winds that battered Melbourne a few days prior to the CW contest. I
hastily erected an inverted-vee style fan dipole antenna as an alternative to
the vertical. The centre of the dipole was only 6 metres above the roof of our
two storey house so it was not very efficient on the low bands - but at least
it allowed me to make some QSOs in the contest. The wild weather also caused a
major power outage on Sunday afternoon which forced me finish the contest
prematurely and meant that I was unable to take advantage of the enhanced
propagation at our sunset. Despite these setbacks it was a lot of fun and I
look forward to trying again next year.
Radio - Flex-6300 90W
TX antenna - Inverted-vee fan dipole
RX antenna - terminated loops (for low bands)
Thanks for all the QSOs!
73, Brian VK3MI
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