CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: LX7I
Operator(s): DL1QQ DK6WL HB9CVQ DF3VM PA4N DL5SE LX2A
Station: LX2A
Class: M/S HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 47
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 416 16 66
80: 1436 30 116
40: 1390 39 136
20: 1425 39 139
15: 1280 39 145
10: 878 36 143
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Total: 6825 199 745 Total Score = 13,392,528
Club:
Comments:
This was again a great experience.
Only a few weeks before the contest a lot of OPs had to cancel their
participation and I had to search for a new team. Only 2 OPs had already worked
together and most of the team never worked from LX7I and did not know each
other.
We managed to get everything running just in time one hour before the contest.
The antenna setup is not yet ready but a lot of antennas are already up.
A missing rotatable antenna on 20M a broken rotator on the 40M beam and also
the missing vertical for 160M made us lost a lot of time and multipliers.
The team played well when you imagine that they never worked together in a
contest. We had a lot of fun and were able to test the new fixed beams to north
america. (they work great)
10 new beams were installed this year at LX7I, all these antennas are homemade
and are designs of YU7EF. Thank you Popa for your great antenna designs.
Antenna setup:
10M: USA high Stack of 6/6/6el YU7EF homemade
JA Stack of 5/5/5 YU7EF homemade
South 6el YU7EF homemade
(a new 8el rotatable antenna is planned for 2013)
15M: USA Stack of 6/6el YU7EF homemade
JA 6el YU7EF homemade
South 3el (will be replace by a 4el rotatable antenna 2013)
20M: USA Stack of 5/5el YU7EF homemade
JA 5el (will be replace by a new 5el homemade rotatable antenna 2013)
South 3el(will be replace by a 4el rotatable antenna 2013)
40M: 4el OB4-40 with a broken rotator and always pointing in the wrong irection
2el
Dipol
(a new 3el fullsize rotatable antenna is planned for 2013)
80M: 4-Square homemade
Dipol
(a new 2el rotatable antenna is planned for 2013)
160M : Dipol (not good for DX)
(a new toploaded vertical antenna is planned for 2013)
2 times 2-wire Beverages for reciving
We were using K3 as TRX and 2 automatic OM-Power amplifiers and High Power
filters from 4O3A.
The setup worked great but the planned rotatable antennas were missing. We lost
some time repairing the 4-Square for 80M and a broken stackmatch.
I met a lot of interesting new operators and I know that I am on the right way
to put up a competitif contest station.
4 more antennas are planned for next year, they will be tested next year in the
CQWWs contests.
thanks for all QSOs and cu in the next contests,
73s de Philippe LX2A / LX7I
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