[3830] CQWW SSB SJ2W M/S HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: SJ2W
Operator(s): SM2LIY SM2WMV
Station: SJ2W

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Da Traesk
Operating Time (hrs): 47

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  508    13       64
   80:  308    22       89
   40:  160    23       89
   20: 1633    38      139
   15:   97    23       75
   10:   35     8       32
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Total: 2741   127      488  Total Score = 3,219,525

Club: Worldwide Young Contesters

Comments:

We did not plan a serious effort but we ended up working the contest for 47
hours anyway. Plans were to do some outside work during the weekend to get
ready for CQWW CW but snow arrived which made the plans change.

The contest was operated in a very limited way. No rotator yet on the tower,
could only rotate the tower between JA and USA over the north but luckily the
temporary 3el yagi for 20m was pointing in the opposite direction, so whenever
we needed to work something south we used the 3el yagi instead of the top yagi.
This was because the tram line was still in the tower and I don't want to climb
the tower in snowy/icy conditions.

Propagations were great, amazing to work 75 dxcc + 23 zones on 15m using the
40m vertical and 10m stack, since no antenna for the band is currently up.
However the lowbands really suffered from the solar activity, we didn't work
any zone 4 or zone 5 on 160m for example. No VE worked on 40m and missing zone
4 as well. 20m was of course the money band. We used the 3el yagi @19m and the
top antenna in the future 20m stack which is currently located at 55m (6el
yagi).

Most exciting thing in the contest? Having K7RL call in on 160m when the band
was pretty much dead outside Europe, how? Aurora opening? Who knows...I first
thought that maybe SG3P (SK3W) was kidding with me but the "Thanks for 160m"
comment from K7RL on 20m the day after confirmed the QSO.

The multiplier radio consisted of an IC7400 with an old 2x572b amp putting out
everything between 200-400W depending on its mood. But this old amp managed to
work K7ZV LP on 80m during the afternoon :-)

Now we will see how much more is done for CQWW CW, if we do M/S or some SB
efforts.

Mike (SM2WMV) and Per (SM2LIY)
More info, visit -> http://www.sj2w.se


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