WAE DX Contest, SSB
Call: 3V8SS
Operator(s): KF5EYY
Station: 3V8SS
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Sousse
Operating Time (hrs): 21
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 20 0 11
40: 199 197 35
20: 888 831 45
15: 308 258 28
10: 1 0 1
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Total: 1416 1286 297 Total Score = 802,494
Club: Rhein Ruhr DX Association
Comments:
I went to Sousse on Friday aftrenoon after 2 hour driving from Sfax. I had a
short tour around and a coffee in touristic El Kantaoui Port, then I went to
the club to start preparations.
My idea was to make an audio recording of the whole contest from a remote SDR
located in NL. This will allow checking propagation on the other side and see
how can I "optimize" the pileups in the future operations.
Recording the streaming audio from the Java application required having a
special software. I found a great one called SoundTap and I was testing it
during the week before and worked perfectly.
However, audio streaming in the club was always interrupted after a couple of
minutes. Then I realize that internet connection is not stable. Nothing to do
with that, I forgot about the idea!
Radio propagation was bad and I was surprised getting "unusual" signal levels
from Europe. A quick look at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ Website showed a G2
Level Geomagnetic Storm and an R1 Radio blackout. Now it's clear!
I made some good runs on 20m. 15m was open for about 2 hours or so during the
day. I made quick QSYs to 10m to check any sudden opening; it was the desert
there!
Due to hot weather and some commitments, I could only make 21 operating hours
out of 36.
Thank you all for the QSOs!
73
Ash KF5EYY
Tunisian Operator of 3V8SS Radio Club
http://www.qsl.net/3v4-002/
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