[3830] CQWW CW LX8M M/M HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: LX8M
Operator(s): DK4WD, DK8FD, DL5SE, SP5HNK (YL), SP5OXJ, SP5UAF, SQ6MS
Station: LX8M

Class: M/M HP
QTH: Poul
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160: 1309    16       72
   80: 1867    25       99
   40: 2412    35      133
   20: 1195    32      118
   15:  243    22       75
   10:   41     3       16
------------------------------
Total: 7067   133      513  Total Score = 7,231,324

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

At first we (Polish part of the team) planned a small, light contest expedition
to HB0. We started to organize it over three months before the contest but we
were not able to find a QTH. As we wanted very much to go somewhere I emailed
to Joel LX1ER (I know Joel from my prevois visit to LX in 2002). Joel answered
very quickly and he found a QTH for us. We decided to use this QTH at once.
After some days Joel let us know there is a group of German HAMs going to do
exactly the same. So we decided to join our teams. Very soon from a ligh
operation it became quite a big project (if you could see the number of
euipment packed to a car you would not believe it).

We were located in Poul, near Vianden. The QTH has a lot of room for antennas
and the owner who is very friendly for HAMs. However there are no antennas
there so we had to build everything from the background. We started on
Wednesday morning and worked very hard for three days (in snow and fog).
Finally we built inverted L for 160m (10 radials), vertical for 80m (10
radials), 2el vertical for 40m (12 radials for each element), two spiderbeams,
vertical R7000 and also some beverages and K9AY (2 el). Thanks to the splitters
brought by Dan DL5SE we could use all receiving antennas on 160, 80 and 40
meters. 

We had four stations running all the time: 2xFT-1000MP, TS-850 and IC-756PRO.
Three power apmplifiers had about 600-700 Watts, the fourth (used on 40m) had
about 1kW. 

We used DX Cluster connected via Packet but after some time we had problems
with connection so we used GPRS.

The QTH is very good for operation, almost no QRM. We could hear many
multipliers but many of them were very hard to work with 600W. Especially on
low bands calling a multiplier required a lot of time. So finally we decided to
rather call CQ.

So in the end our score lacks multipliers but the number of concacts is quite
good. We think that it is a good score for a station which was built in three
days completely from the background by a team which met for the very first
time. What is very important in that story (perhaps more important to a score)
is that we met new friends, real friends. Our hobby is really great and builds
friendship among people. 

The contest operation would not be possible without the help of Bart LX2HB and
especially Joel LX1ER (who is one of the most friendly HAMs I ever met). 

We are almost sure that we are the only one team which was visited by Santa
Claus. It was Joel who came to the QTH dressed completely like a Santa Claus
and brought gifts (sweeties) for all of us.

On Monday after the contest all the antennas were put down and everything was
packed to cars. In the afternoon we had a great party prepared by Joel in his
QTH. On the Monday evening the last members of the team left the QTH of Poul
where we operated from. We hope to come back there again. Possibly with the
same team.

Thanks to all who called us.


73
Tom
SP5UAF


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