Russian DX Contest
Call: M5E
Operator(s): G0CKV
Station: GB2GM
Class: SO Mixed LP
QTH: Poldhu, Cornwall
Operating Time (hrs): 21
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Countries Oblasts
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160: 92 1 42 26
80: 175 6 52 49
40: 149 5 46 47
20: 271 91 74 65
15: 191 35 57 60
10: 216 15 45 58
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Total: 1094 153 316 305 Total Score = 5,383,449
Club:
Comments:
This was a portable/field day/dxp-style event for me. The location (GB2GM, the
site for Marconi's first transatlantic tests) is great, quiet and with a good
take-off to the west and OK to the east. Idea was to play with SO2R but I
messed it up thoroughly and additionally I managed to create antenna issues.
All this of my own making - no excuses. In the end I had a 14m T with 40
radials for 160, an inverted V dipole at 50ft for 80, a jury-rigged dipole for
40 but only after midnight and a hexbeam at 35ft for 20/15/10 in stead of the
tribander yagi planned for 55ft and a single K3 with the second K3 staring at
me with a disappointed look on its face panel.
But this has to be one of my favorite contests. Great rules, the right approach
to scoring and log-checking, albeit demanding, and to top it off, great CW
operators. I had planned to have more SSB in the mix but was taken aback by the
plethora of badly over-compressed and over-driven signals.
Mostly S&P here - I had difficulties getting a run going and holding on to
my frequency with this setup and a plain vanilla low-points no-multiplier
attraction.
73 Olof G0CKV (M5E, SM5CKV, W6CKV)
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