I got lucky. One of the HQ stations disappeared while trying to get my call
information. I took advantage of the situation and called QRZ on the
frequency to pick up contacts. It was the best run I had. Another station
asked if the frequency was in use, he was S-9 but didn't seem to hear me
answer unless he just did it on purpose to steal the spot. He wasn't an HQ,
but I was out of business and had already contacted his station earlier.
I would love to have had a spot for my station to call CQ from.
I saw one contest that requires stations to give up a frequency every time
they make a contact after a CQ. IARU and other contests would make for a
better balance if they had this same requirement. Just for a note, I
noticed that the first stations to start calling CQ contest did so a full
minute before the contest started. They were there on the same frequency
until the last minute. I guess the time could have been off, after all WWV
isn't always accepted as being the standard.
Regardless, I loved the contest. I worked it with a dipole in which one
end fell and the other is wrapped up in the tree branches, and ran only 100
watts. Next year, I hope to have a better antenna system.
73 until the next contest...
N4PGW
Buck
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of IK2DZN - Claudio Astorri
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 10:45 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 2005 IARU observations from IK2DZN - LOW POWER
>
> Dear Contesters,
>
>
> the excellent propagation forecasts prior to the HF Championship didn't
> obviously take the E-sporadic issue into account.
>
>
> During 2004 IARU I could work more than 300 Europeans on 10 meters and
> more
> than 200 Europeans on 15 meters. So half of my 2004 QSOs were E-sporadic
> aided.
>
> LOW POWER contesters take great advantage by these openings, don't they?
>
> During 2005 IARU conditions on 10 meters allowed me to work just 20
> stations
> and openings on 15 meters allowed me to work 130 stations, whose locations
> have nothing to do with E-sporadic.
>
> What a difference from last year's conditions...
>
>
> Considering the closed E-sporadic situation I am so glad I managed to have
> just a 10% loss from last year's score; this took me a full 24 hour
> effort.
>
> It also depended on my upgraded 20, 40 and 80 meter antenna system.
>
> I can't imagine next year; it will probably be the toughest one for LOW
> POWER guys like myself.
>
>
> ---
>
>
> I fully agree with those claiming HQ stations do absorb lot of spectrum.
>
> In many Countries in Europe we have just 60 gross (not net...) KHz as SSB
> spectrum on 40 meters (7040-7100 KHz).
>
> There were times this weekend when just 1 or 2 HIGH POWER non-HQ stations
> could find spectrum in between the HQ's.
>
>
> ---
>
>
> One final question: do 160 meters make sense in this contest?
>
>
>
> ---
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
> Claudio Astorri, IK2DZN
>
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