IOTA Contest
Call: SM5CKV/P
Operator(s): G0CKV
Station: SM5CKV/P
Class: SO(A)24Mixed LP
QTH: Harstena JO88MG10
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80: 204 30 20 19
40: 369 43 21 17
20: 449 36 15 12
15: 146 32 18 12
10: 63 15 6 6
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Total: 1231 156 80 66 Total Score = 2,429,790
Club: Chiltern DX Club
Comments:
My third IOTA contest ever and I used the same location and setup I used in 2013
and 2015. Lost 15m antenna in strong winds a couple of hours into the contest
and could not fix that with the light lines being blown around in the wind so I
almost gave up but then it dawned on me that I could use the 40m dipole on 15. A
couple of hours later I found that the 20m antenna was bad too - I probably
destroyed it when trying to fix 15 so I was again close to give up. Then it
dawned on me that I could lengthen my low 10m dipole to resonate on 20. But I
had forgotten to pack spare antenna wire. I found a mains extension lead which
I slaughtered and then I was back on 20. On Sunday 10z I was so tired so I
decided to QRT but I checked 10m and found big G signals via Es. So, out again
to shorten that 10m dipole back to original and my score got a tremendous boost
with mults and 15p QSOs during the last 90 minutes of the contest. Overall good
relaxed fun and very satisfying to do OK with a simple field-day-style setup
and associated improvisations.
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