IARU HF World Championship
Call: OK1RI
Operator(s): OK1RI
Station: OK1RI
Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: Brezina
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults
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160: 34 18
80: 59 26
40: 182 45
20: 1013 79
15: 773 72
10: 227 40
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Total: 0 2288 280 Total Score = 2,108,960
Club:
Comments:
Rig : TT Orion + PPA
Antennas : 160m - 47m vert + 70 radials
80m - 1 el.Delta loop @ 25m
40m - 4Y Yagi @ 26m FIX to USA (!!!) second rotary 4Y@52m was not
operational - what a surprise during the contest.
20m - 2x6Y @26/13m; 6Y@13m; 5Y@52m
15m - 3x6Y @32/23/14m;2x6Y @25/13m; 6Y@13m
10m - 4x6Y @31/25/19/13m
Soapbox : I came to the station with expecting I have only to tune
(i.e. shorten) the 80m deltaloop from CW to SSB, I arrived after midnight local
time Friday and just measured the impedance of the delta - it looked weird, so I
thought OK it fell down, we will see. In the morning I found out that someone
"nice" cut the coaxial cable - around 100m of it, so I had to put the cable
through the conduct over the road etc... easy to say but I finished with it just
around 1130 GMT. So I started. The propagation was better than expected. I have
missed the opening to the USA on 10m... In the evening I have found that there
is "nothing" when I switch the switching system on 40m to our high "monster"
Yagi. It was already dark so I could do nothing, I was not in a mood to climb
the tower and do something about it. So I operated with the FIX Yagi to the USA.
I could not hear the UA0, JA,YB etc... it was very discouraging, when you are
used to be one of the big-guns on 40m. Due to this I am sure I lost at least 10
"easy" mults on 40m. Also the Pileup from the USA was not what I am used it is.
I was so angry - and also tired due to the above described "stolen coaxial
cable" affair, I just said in 0410 GMT OK - enough and went to bed. After 40
minutes I said to myselves: you do not have so few do not be "soft" go on. So I
continued. As a matter of fact I was so "out of order" due to this that I have
not worked zone 8 on 80m !!
I was S+P-ing quite a lot since the HQ stations will not call you.... I
am starting to be HEARTY enemy of SO2R. It is very inpolite to the others. You
hear someone calling CQ he stops, you call him and nothing OK he calls CQ again
you call him and voila he says "Oh you are very loud here you are...." It makes
me crazy. And exactly this did not happen to me once but many times ! Another
thing caused by SO2R is huge amount of QRM - everybody is calling CQ all the
time - nobody answers but he continues to call since he is tuning somewhere and
is happy he is not "disturbed" by someone calling. Under normall circumstances
i.e. SO1R he will give up CQ and start to S+P so there would be one less
occupied frequency !
INTRODUCE 10 minutes RULE to single OP cathegory !!!!! The bands are not wide
enough for SO2R !!! As a matter of fact I doubt it really adds significantly to
the score anyway - as I read other comments I am not alone with this thought. If
you do not have decent pile-up go and tune !!!!
Some statistics:
zones:28 452
27 350
08 349
29 248
07 135
06 100
37 67
18 62
30 61
45 47
CTY: K 589
DL 172
G 146 (!! tons of new licenses)
UA 130
UA9 87
UR 85
PA 57 (!)
EA 55
SP 49
QSOs 1 pt 610
3 pts 734
5 pts 944
Thanks for the contact to all I worked, see you in the next contest.
73 !
Jiri
OK1RI
Jiri
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