[3830] TBDC PI4TUE Multi-Op HP

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                    Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Call: PI4TUE
Operator(s): PA3FGA, PC5A, PE2HD
Station: PI4TUE

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 414  Total Score = 2,365

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

This was our first attempt in what turned out to be a real fun contest with very
satisfactory results.

Station setup:
TenTec Orion I + ACOM  1000
2 sloping 1/4 wave wires that start at 250 feet (= feedpoint), one pointed at
40deg and the other at 310deg.
2 RX antennas, a K9AY loop looking NE and a 15ft (5mtr) vertical, both located
about 30km NE and connected to a K3, remotely accessed by HamRadioDeLuxe and
IPSOUND.
QuickSilver SDR connected to a NVIS dipole and CW Skimmer.

Some highlights/observations:
- Being called by VK6VZ and VK6DXI (~14000 km), P49V and NP4A.
- Worked 104 stations from NA.
- Having just a vy short RX vertical improved RX compared to the TX slopers but
was not enough to copy many weaker signals... apologies to all who called and
didn't make it into the log.
- The loudest DX signal on the band was K9DX.
- The only station I failed working after trying for many minutes was K3NA (had
a very nice signal, even on the TX wire)...
- 104 stations from NA worked.
- Nobody from Japan.
- Breakdown of QSO's per points (=distance):
Points        Total        
1             62           
2             112          
3             56           
4             32           
5             26           
6             8            
7             1            
8             2            
9             2            
10            2            
11            3            
12            20           
13            34           
14            26           
15            16           
16            6            
17            2            
18            1            
19            1            
29            2            
Total         414          
- Audio clippings of all QSO's are available upon request (I will put them all
on line after the final submission date).

See you certainly again next year.

73
-- Aurelio PC5A


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