[3830] ARRLDX CW PA5AT SOSB/80 LP

[ulli@planet.nl]

                     ARRL DX Contest, CW
                    
Call: PA5AT
Operator(s): PA5AT
Station: PA5AT

Class: SOSB/80 LP
QTH: Hoofddorp, NL
Operating Time (hrs): 15
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Mults
----------------------
  160:              
   80:    282     31
   40:              
   20:              
   15:              
   10:              
----------------------
Total:    282     31  =  26,226

Club: 

Comments:

it was great time - much better score than expected !
I have only 12m x 8m  TOTAL space for antennas - then to run the contest in 
LP-class ... I ahd not many espectations...
Set up an L-antenna, which was only 11m high and 15m horizontal top loading 
wire... the whole 12x8m garden was completely covered with radial wires...
But still this is not very much for ARRL DX contest...hi

But as our club station is not yet ready (PI4COM - have you seen the desaster 
?!) all the members must try alternatives from their usually small homes here 
in dense Netherlands...

As I said, SOSB 80m with LP is not a real alternative...

Highlights:
When I was called on my run qrg from a mobile station in FL !!!
Worked all eastcoast multi's except DC - was there any signal at all from DC on 
80m ?? Never heard any !
Miss all W0 states as well as W7 and W6...
Heard W7CA very weak here when working GM7V about 45min after my local 
sunrise... Where were all the mid-west big-gun stations ? Did they prefer to 
visit the olympic games in UT ???

I once heard MS, coming back to one of the EU big-guns... obviously could not 
find him anymore and catch him...

Receiving was a big problem sometimes, because EU jamming on the frequency ! 
Even CW becomes a mess with the crazy behaviour of just very few people...

Last hours on 80m was effected by a commercial tx with a broadband noise signal 
with 25kHz bandwidth, peaking at 3522kHz with S9+35dB... fortunately this 
signal was not present the fist and second night - it would have made a 
complete mess !

I would like to encourage every little pistol to come on the band, even if you 
have just a rather small station - certainly the reference to achieve, should 
be realistic low - but if total activity is high enough, you will have enough 
to do to enjoy wonderful contesting.... look at my really little toy-pistol...

Thanks for all who responding my weak signal...

Ulli, PA5AT
member of PI4COM M/M contest team


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