Russian DX Contest
Call: 4U1ITU
Operator(s): F6IRF, HB9DTM, SV3SJ
Station: 4U1ITU
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Geneva
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Countries Oblasts
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160: 99 3 35 22
80: 341 71 55 46
40: 769 50 69 61
20: 556 284 65 68
15: 23 83 39 32
10: 1 0 1 0
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Total: 1789 491 264 229 Total Score = 7,034,124
Club: IARC
Comments:
total 2280 QSO's / 14268pts / 493 mults
RIG: IC765 - IC756proIII - Alpha91B - Tentec Titan
ANT: FB53, 4EL20(fixed NE), 40-2CD, dipoles 80/160
Soft: N1MM Logger V6.2.15
Preliminary:
First M/S operation from the ITU-RC for quite some time. The initial plan was to
get UR5FAV and UX0FF to join the IARC-team for a MO2T, but the Swiss authorities
in Kiev did not like our idea. So we had to improvise a last minute "B-plan".
After the loss of one tower and the 15/10m monobanders last year, we had to
re-
install the low band dipoles and put the 20m monobander back to service, which
we did on Friday afternoon. We thought we may had time for setting up a L for
80m, and a K9AY-loop, but we ended up "short of time". With the 20m monobander
only 3m above the terrasse, the low band dipoles at 90 degres from Russia (the
historical "Varembe" building is oriented NE/SW) and if you add the known
"noisy urban environment" and the modest antennas surrounded by high buildings,
you have an overview of what makes contesting from 4U1ITU a special challenge.
So our main objective was to get the 4U1I multiplier back to the international
contest scene, rather than becoming a serious challenger to UP5G !
The contest:
No need to say that the high-band conditions have been bad. 20m closed early,
and re-opened only three hours before the contest end. 15m remained absolutely
dead until the last hour, and did not allow a single UA station to be logged on
D2.
We took a difficult start with some keying problems due to RF-feedback, so we
changed the run to SSB for the time needed to solve the problem: It just
confirmed that in spite of Nico's skills and efforts, our signal was not strong
enough for SSB to produce any decent rate. 15m died during the third hour,
quickly followed by 20, so we ended up running on 40 far earlier than planned.
The rate dropped below 100 around 22z, when 40m became unproductive. The Alpha91
producing only heat and smoke on 80 and 160, we moreless limited the trafic to 1
station during the night.
Back to "historic contesting age" on 160, where all CW QSO's had to be done from
the paddles, due to RF affecting the computer...
Finaly we spent the 2 last hours on 20m/SSB, and the log being almost virgin on
this band/mode we brought the rate above 100 for the last hour.
UTC Q 160 80 40 20 15 10 tot
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12 167 89 78 167
13 140 128 12 307
14 105 96 9 412
15 94 43 51 506
16 117 112 5 623
17 135 126 9 758
18 128 8 118 2 886
19 126 16 110 1012
20 115 24 91 1127
21 113 32 1 80 1240
22 86 2 58 26 1326
23 84 64 20 1410
0 89 12 73 4 1499
1 68 26 41 1 1567
2 42 23 18 1 1609
3 58 7 48 3 1667
4 69 61 8 1736
5 32 32 1768
6 42 1 41 1810
7 63 42 21 1873
8 89 1 88 1962
9 95 94 1 2057
10 100 99 1 2157
11 123 117 6 2280
No major problem was experienced with N1MM-logger; just that it was not possible
to remove the station "interlock"... here also we had to use the paddles...
In general we could have done a bit better with a more careful preparation, but
we really had a good time, which remains the essential at the end !
A special tribute has to be given to the RDXC commitee for the rules and the
organization, and to the Russian hams stations for the activity and the quality
of the trafic...
More comments, stats, photos, soundclips, etc will be published soon on
http://f6irf.blogspot.com/ and on http://life.itu.int/radioclub/
A buro card will be sent to all stations in the log (your card is not required),
and all QSO's will be uploaded soon to LOTW. Should you need a direct card,
please only via IARC, P.O.Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
73's de Pat/F6IRF on behalf of the team.
CTY Tot160 80 40 20 15 10SecTot160 80 40 20 15
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4J 2 1 1 AD 9 1 3 5
4L 4 1 1 1 1 AL 4 4
4X 3 1 1 1 AN 3 1 1 1
5B 5 1 1 1 2 AR 12 1 2 8 1
6W 3 1 1 1 BA 18 3 5 9 1
9A 22 2 4 12 3 1 BO 10 1 2 7
9H 3 1 1 1 BR 8 2 6
9J 1 1 BU 1 1
9K 1 1 CB 26 5 8 12 1
9M2 1 1 CU 3 1 1 1
9V 1 1 HA 3 1 2
A4 1 1 HK 1 1
A6 3 1 1 1 HM 7 2 5
CE 1 1 IR 3 1 2
CN 5 1 1 1 1 1 IV 7 1 4 2
CT 5 1 4 KA 20 1 2 10 7
CT3 3 1 1 1 KC 1 1
CU 5 1 1 1 1 1 KE 13 5 8
DL 84 9 25 45 4 1 KG 20 1 2 5 10 2
EA 19 1 8 7 3 KI 7 2 1 4
EA6 5 1 3 1 KK 14 2 12
EA8 3 1 1 1 KL 4 1 3
EA9 2 1 1 KN 5 1 1 3
EI 5 2 3 KO 19 1 4 12 2
EK 1 1 KR 40 3 4 13 19 1
EP 1 1 KS 8 1 3 3 1
ER 8 1 1 1 5 KT 1 1
ES 16 1 3 7 4 1 KU 8 1 3 3 1
EU 29 1 3 11 14 LO 23 1 2 9 10 1
EX 4 3 1 LP 8 1 3 4
EY 3 2 1 MA 73 5 16 19 28 5
F 13 2 6 2 2 1 MD 6 2 1 2 1
FM 1 1 MO 88 2 10 32 41 3
G 44 2 12 27 3 MR 16 2 4 9 1
GI 3 1 2 MU 3 1 2
GM 4 1 1 2 NN 14 1 4 9
GU 1 1 NO 1 1
GW 3 3 NS 7 1 1 5
HA 36 4 6 17 9 OB 21 1 4 5 10 1
HB 15 1 5 2 5 1 1OM 11 3 3 5
HK 1 1 OR 22 1 4 5 10 2
HL 2 2 PE 23 2 2 8 10 1
HZ 2 1 1 PK 1 1
I 44 1 11 17 14 1 PM 10 2 6 2
IS 1 1 PS 7 1 3 3
J6 1 1 RA 6 3 3
JA 14 9 5 RO 27 1 6 9 8 3
K 108 2 39 46 20 1 SA 17 1 2 3 8 3
LA 11 1 8 2 SM 12 1 3 4 4
LU 3 1 1 1 SO 2 1 1
LX 2 2 SP 33 2 5 22 4
LY 80 5 18 23 34 SR 10 1 1 1 6 1
LZ 26 1 4 11 9 1 ST 21 1 3 6 9 2
OE 6 1 1 4 SV 32 1 3 10 16 2
OH 30 5 13 12 TA 25 4 5 7 8 1
OH0 7 1 2 2 2 TB 34 1 2 8 15 8
OK 46 4 10 29 2 1 TL 3 1 2
OM 23 1 4 14 4 TM 1 1
ON 7 1 2 3 1 TN 4 1 1 2
OY 2 1 1 TO 6 2 3 1
OZ 14 1 1 8 4 TU 1 1
P4 1 1 TV 10 1 2 7
PA 13 1 4 8 UD 23 1 2 8 10 2
PY 4 2 1 1 UL 20 2 3 3 11 1
S5 14 1 4 8 1 VG 21 2 7 9 3
SM 23 3 9 11 VL 11 2 3 6
SP 79 5 14 35 24 1 VO 10 2 3 5
ST 1 1 VR 33 1 5 6 18 3
SV 11 1 3 2 4 1 YN 5 3 2
SV9 2 1 1 YR 18 1 3 12 2
T9 5 2 2 1
TA 1 1
TF 1 1
UA 758 31 98 214 362 53
UA2 20 1 2 10 7
UA9 214 2 22 56 124 10
UN 22 2 5 5 9 1
UR 171 8 33 58 65 7
V2 1 1
VE 17 5 10 2
VK 3 2 1
VP8/h 3 1 1 1
VR 2 1 1
YB 1 1
YL 28 1 8 12 7
YO 41 2 7 14 17 1
YU 38 2 10 18 7 1
YV 2 2
Z3 1 1
ZA 1 1
ZL 3 2 1
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