WAE DX Contest, CW
Call: IO3P
Operator(s): IZ3EYZ
Station: IV3TMV
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Udine
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
-------------------------
80: 35 29 17
40: 317 439 45
20: 496 573 62
15: 153 265 40
10: 75 51 24
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Total: 1076 1357 455 Total Score = 1,107,015
Club:
Comments:
Main project was a MS together with Marco IK0YVV since he was on holiday in IV3
land. Because of family duties he couldn't have been full time so we looked for
another op. to cover his off times, unfortunately we focused on Italians and it
was too late (Friday late afternoon) when we thought about some S5 guys.
So it turned out into a SOABHP but without any kind of stn automation...forgot
the number of times I plugged in/out PL, N, RCA, to switch ants and filters.
I had just a paddle on the 2nd radio and no SO2R boxes, neither an audio
switching....let's say FOCUS was me selecting the radio I wanted to lsn with
headphones and the other one in the background.
Discovered too late some bad connection PL/N on 80mt into 2nd radio. Anyway I
guess it didn't hurt as much as the lack of rx-ants. Could detect lots of juicy
mults into s-7/9 QRN: VE9DX, 9V1YC, E21EIC, ZL6QH, and many others but signals
weren't loud enough to get the number.
Still some mults probably S&Ping on the bands I never heard or they simply
didn't call me. Qs and QTCs are quite ok, a bit lame on mults but without any
kind of even manual switch it was hard to move back and forth. I didn't manage
to get working an old TNC with my laptop so it ended up CLX wasn't linked with
logging software.
Just 2 hrs of bad QRN s-9+20 on Saturday early morning cos of a local t-storm.
In 2005 such QRN joined me for the whole contest...so I felt lucky this yr :-)
On the other hand noticed several SO and MS big guns were requesting Qs (mostly
new mults) through CLX ie. pse here, pse call, I 'm here call me....etc.
It would be great to know if such kind of selfspotting and Qs requesting is
allowed :-D
Anyway it was not only a funny contest weekend but a nice gathering to share
stories, plans, projects, improvements and more....
Gonna be back in 2007 for sure.
73
Matt.EYZ
STNA: MKV + HM. PA
STNB: MP + ALPHA 91B (courtesy of S52X)
10: 105CA @32mt (half element broken but worked well)
15: 155CA @30mt
20: 5L HM. @47mt + 205CA @28mt (strange SWR 2.5) placed on different twrs
40: 4L KLM @42mt
80: 1/4 lambda vert. 120 rad.
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