[3830] TBDC PI4TUE(PC5A) Single Op LP

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                    Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Call: PI4TUE
Operator(s): PC5A
Station: PI4TUE

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Eindhoven
Operating Time (hrs): 13.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 289  Total Score = 1,391

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

Station:
Orion I - 100W, no amp
K2 for RX at remote location (36km SE)
Antennas: TX + RX: 1/4 wave end fed sloper, sloping down from 250FT.
          RX: short vertical (5mtr) at remote location 

This was my 3rd TBDC in a row. Like last year with low power. It was
questionable if I could actually participate. 
Last weekend it turned out that the TRX at remote location could not be
controlled (PC problems). A big thank you to Rens PA3FGA for fixing it during
the week and installing the PC Saturday morning, just in time.

First QSO was at 17:23 with UA9, 12 points, not bad. The next hours were quite
exciting. Just past 20:30Z the first JA came back and was almost armchair copy,
waw! This time 6 others made it into the log, no JA the last 2 times. It would
be great if also VK would make it into the log. I watched the grey line pass
over VK... Not a single beep. Oh well, hopefully next time. The JA' s still
filled me with joy. Around the time I worked the last JA also W2GD could be
heard calling cq (~21:30Z). That looked very promising...

... The second part of the night was actually very disappointing. Only two
Canadians and not even a handful of US stations worked. From 05:00Z onward the
remote link broke down, which handicapped me quite a lot. But still I got a new
distance record into NA with N0NI, in the final hour before sunrise. 

Anyway it was a fun night again. As always if you worked me and want an audio
clip, drop me a mail.

Best wishes and CU in CQ160M
-- Aurelio, PC5A


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