[3830] SAC SSB ES5TV SOAB HP

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                    Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB

Call: ES5TV
Operator(s): ES5TV
Station: ES5TV

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Jogeva
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   80:  106    32
   40:  116    34
   20:   94    34
   15:   85    25
   10:   48    19
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Total:  449   144  Total Score = 64,368

Club: Tartu Contest Team

Comments:

It was more exiting than I hoped. I did not think it would be possible to be
competitive from that close range but actually it is possible with hard work:)
Thanks to many guys for numerous QSY-s and patience with those 10m UHF QSOs.

Several guys never seemed to notice my answers to their CQs on 15 and 20 though
altough tried in different times. It sure felt like QRP as KW+stack was not
enough:)

I gave up CQing in the second half of the contest as the return was very low and
I did not want to feel like a heartless monster who repeatedly rejects all the
calls from tens of those German HF-newbies and M land QRPers and wants to
contact some kind of unknown region of Scandinavia.

But the biggest surprise and the most stunning experience of the contest was on
dead 10m. I was sweeping it to find some signs of life and suddenly I get my
ears blown off by a booming 5-9 signal from ... KC1XX!!! He was coming back to
somebody's CQ. Incredible. Haven't heard any US signal on 10m for ages and
figured it would take another 5 years at least:) This rocking signal was really
out of this world! I still can't believe it.

73
Tonno
ES5TV


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