[3830] WPX SSB OK5R(OK1RI) SOSB20 HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: OK5R
Operator(s): OK1RI
Station: OK1RI

Class: SOSB20 HP
QTH: Brezina
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:     
   40:     
   20: 2714
   15:     
   10:     
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Total: 2714  Prefixes = 1082  Total Score = 6,448,720

Club: 

Comments:

Since both our 40m huge Yagis are laying on the ground - we were planning to put
them up (after some repairs needed due to 180km/hour winds in january) in
tuesday and wednesday before the contest but since it was raining+snowing and
there was -1deg C and at least 20m/s wind we gave up....
Up to that local farmer called and said he wants to start in the fields around
our station during the week before WPX so the beverages had to go sunday before
the contest and due to the weather he was happily omitting labor.....

The only option was to go single band. I ruled out 160 (no bever.) + 15 (from
Central Eu in the bottom !?!) so I was guessing for 80 or 20m. I decided I am
not "man" enough for 80m SB SSB operation yet - maybe I will grow to it.... -
so 20m was left.

The propagation was not the best I could imagine, but not complete disaster.
The "third layer" of stations, specificaly in NA was most of the time
unreachable, it was sort of weird. The "strong" ones were loud as usually but
the weak ones were not just weaker but they were nonexistent. Mostly I could
hear either strong ones or no one at all ?? One would expect that the
ionosphere is a linear system, not a Smitt trigger - it behaved like the letter
one.

There was super LP propagation to VK in Sunday morning - 44 stations made it
into the LOG, some of those /M or QRP. ALL OF THEM QUITE LOUD. I hardly
remember working /M VK in last 30 or so years. 

Here is my continent statistics.
EU	NA	SA	AF	AS	OC	TOTAL
1090	1066	81	47	349	81	2714
40.16	39.28	2.98	1.73	12.86	2.98	

I am amazed how it compares to the one kindly posted by YT2B. It would be
interesting to see similar data of other big Eu's.
I know most of Eu is unreachable for us here in OK on 20m, while being in the
center of Eu propper, but .....

Once more thanks for the QSO to all I was able to dig out of the "man made mess
and sun made noise", and my apologies to the ultra weak ones I was unable to dig
out this time - and I know there was quite a few.....

73 !

Jiri
OK5R - OK1RI


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