CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: EI1Y
Operator(s): EI2JD EI3KG EI6DX EI9KC K1CC KD2GYF SQ6MS SQ9C SQ9UM
Station: EI0PL
Class: M/S HP
QTH: IO63QE
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 292 19 69
80: 566 26 93
40: 2048 40 141
20: 1290 36 122
15: 1846 36 135
10: 113 27 85
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Total: 6155 184 645 Total Score = 10,792,751
Club:
Comments:
This was a multinational effort from the EI1Y station in Naas. We gathered a
group of ops to defend the EI1Y Ireland record in CQWW CW from 2014.
Unfortunately conditions were nowhere near as good this year. Congratulations
to our EI7M friends who captured the title or at least came very close to it.
The station is a rather modest one at the QTH of EI3KG and EI5JQ. There are
two 60 ft (20m) towers with a GB312 tribander on each, a single Moxon 2el 40,
¼-wave vertical on 80 and Inv-L on 160. There’s a vertical at the edge of
the property for the in-band run station. The location is on the side of a hill
with a slope to the west (good for the US!) but not so good in other directions.
This was reflected in our multiplier �" working Asia and Pacific from EI
is not as easy as from Eastern Europe or the US and requires additional antenna
height and gain which was lacking. It was always a struggle. On the other
hand, working the US is just great, not unlike being in New England toward
Europe.
We were neck-in-neck with EI7M after the first night on the low bands. We were
counting on 10m to the US to carry us through but 10m let us down. On top of
the poor conditions, our tribander had a high SWR on 10 and we were forced to
use a WRTC-style small tribander on a temporary ladder to use on 10 �"
not good! We put that up on Thursday before the big winds as a second
antenna pointed to Europe and it turned out to be a good move. Ireland in
November is constant wind and rain. On Sunday we pointed the antennas into
the wind as a new front came through, waiting for something to break or fall
�" it didn’t.
On the positive side, we set up 4 stations and really worked our second radios
very hard, a great experience for everyone. We had two teams of 4 ops each
doing 8 hour shifts and rotated through the 4 operating positions during each
shift. This gave everyone equal time in each seat and gave everyone a taste
of propagation at all times of the day. So in effect it was 24 hours of
operating and time to rest and socialize.
A good time was had by all. Everyone learned something new, we made new
friends and the camaraderie was second to none �" isn’t that what ham
radio contesting is all about?
A big thank you to our hosts and a special thanks to Adam EI5JQ who provided
non-stop technical support and was always there to fix problems as they arose.
We managed to keep him busy all weekend…
The operating team was Michal EI3KG (SP9UUC), Ark EI9KC (SP6ICW), Thos EI2JD,
Maciek SQ6MS, Olek SQ9UM, Tomek SQ9C, Stan EI6DX (ex-UZ1OWT) (part-time), Wes
KD2GYF (SP4Z) and Rich K1CC.
My personal thanks to EI3KG and EI5JQ for the invitation and the hospitality.
--- Rich K1CC
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