IOTA Contest
Call: JA1BPA
Operator(s): JA1BPA
Station: JG1ZUY
Class: SO(A)12Mixed HP
QTH: Chiba, JAPAN (AS-007
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80:
40: 55 17 2 1
20: 187 39 261 32
15: 182 31 122 24
10:
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Total: 424 87 385 57 Total Score = 866,160
Club: University of Tokyo Contest Club
Comments:
Tough weekend at JG1ZUY with 35 deg C. maximum temperature and 80%
humidity. Inside the shack, it was peaking 40+ deg C. with
transceivers, amplifiers, and PCs emitting heat all the time
and without air conditioning.
I have never tried to operate full 24 hours for this contest due to
the heat concerns during the day time. My strategy was to operate
the first 9 hours without break, and to save 3 hours for the local
evening opening (08~11UTC). However, it turned out that the
propagation on 15mb deteriorated over the course of the day,
and I did not have "evening opening" at all.
The first hours were great with nice opening on 15mb followed
by another great opening on 20mb. The pile-up on CW at the
beginning was too fierce with everyone zeroed-in and having
the same tone (typical result of RBN spot when everyone clicks
on it). I moved to SSB to handle the pile-up better. SSB
pile-ups were more manageable with different voices,
accents, etc.
Thank you for all the QSOs. My next contest activity will be
RDA Contest in August. In September, I plan to visit K1TTT
contest station in Massachusetts to participate in their
Multi-op. activity in WAEDC SSB Contest.
Best 73,
Icko, JA1BPA
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