[3830] CQWW SSB OK1RI SOSB/20 HP + some comments

[Jiří Šanda]

  CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2002


       Call:      OK1RI
       Category:  Single Operator
       Power:     High Power
       Band:      Mono 20
       Mode:      SSB
       Country:   Czech Republic
       Zone:      15

       BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES
        20     3083     6379     2.07     40     168
      ---------------------------------------------------

      Totals   3083     6379     2.07     40     168  =>  1,326,832


Equipment Description:
IC775 + PPA 750W
ANT: 2*6Y (16m boom) @ 26/13m - tower #1
      6Y (14.5m boom) @ 13m - tower #2
      5Y (14.5m boom) @ 52m - tower #3

Some comments:
I have decided to try 20m/SB 5th time. The propagation was not very 
satisfactory. The DX openings to USA and JAPAN were rather poor, I would 
say that most of the time only the "big guns" made it through. Usually 
there is period of some time when the "high" antenna is significantly 
better for some part of Ws - no this time ! The LongPath stations both 
JAs and Ws were the strongest on the 13m high antenna - never ever was 
such a thing observed before !
The EU signals were often HUGE !! The "jam" was like on 144 or 7 MHz in 
middle Europe....
After first day I had all zones without #1 (due to Aurora and Flare ?)!

Due to high winds I had no electricity in sunday evening for few hours.
Just after the conest I have found out that 80m loop broken and finished 
wound around reflector of the low 20m Yagi in the stack. I observed the 
SWR is sort of fluctuating a bit - I thought it was due to high winds - 
well it was but not the moving elements but the loop was winding 
around.... What it did with signals... (and TV's several km around ?!?!)
And up to that we (me + OK1RF) have broken both our 40m Yagis - let's 
hope we'll fix it for ARRL.

It might be interesting to others to compare some data of my previous 
20m entries (All raw-claimed data for comparison).
Year #booms Eu# QSOs pts  zones     DXCC    aver.    #USA+VE    #JA 
#G    #UA    #UA9
95 2 1 3125 7784 40 150 2.45 1565 424  82    109    71
96 2 1 2909 7072 39 165 2.43 1392 293  54    131    64
99 2 3 3422 7574 40 172 2.21 1247 273 131 166 86
01 3 1 3322 7472 40 152 2.24 1524 187 100 124 77
02         4      ???    3083    6379    40    168    2.07    1076 
141    196    154    66

Interesting is 9A6A made over 400 (!) Eu QSOs more than I did ?! 
Probably I was too close to DL and SP.

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.


     Signature         ______Jiri_Sanda___OK1RI_____________