[3830] CQWW CW OE5OHO SOSB(A)/10 HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: OE5OHO
Operator(s): OE5OHO
Station: OE5OHO

Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP
QTH: Linz
Operating Time (hrs): 23

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10: 1356    39      152
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Total: 1356    39      152  Total Score = 590,190

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

After 2 years of 40m single band and with the high SFI index I decided to try
10m this time.

Despite that I improved the old OE record (dating back to 2002) by about 100k
points I had mixed feelings after the dust finally settled. Looking at the
numbers from other participants I see my feeling confirmed. While my multiplier
total is fine for my QTH and setup I couldn't get a decent run to improve the
QSO number. Partly it's due to the high city noise and certainly because I just
had one rotate-able antenna. I simply had to rotate the antenna for every
multiplier (away from NA or AS runs).

Having two directions nowadays is such a "must have" that I felt like driving a
VW Beatle in a race against *place-your-favorite-F1-car-here*. I also missed the
different take-off angles provided by a stack of at least 2 yagis. Maybe I miss
all this things after I was QRV during this years ARRL international DX contest
from Ivan's top-notch station OE3K. But one must use what one has available...

I really tried to work anyone calling me - if I didn't get you into my log it's
due to the high city noise :-(

But there are positive aspects as well:

Great activity! If someone says "CW is dead" then just look what happened last
weekend. Okay, maybe we are all Old Old Man - but hey, what a great party!

Like Olli, DH8BQA, already described in his write-up there have been some short
mini-openings to SA and central America about an hour after the band went QRT on
Sunday evening. I was hoping for KL7 to pop out of the noise via LP but all I
got was a multiplier from the Caribbean on SP.
Funny to see so many KL7 stations around and after their local sunrise on the
RBN â€" for me it was like “where the freaks come out at night”.
Unfortunately not a beep from them via LP...

Thanks for all who tried and/or succeeded to work me.

73 de Oliver



Rig:   FT-1000MP (SO1R â€" the REAL thing)
       Amp

Ant:   8ele @ 30m (OB16-3)
       Multiband-GP (RX only - used for a small number of EU QSO)


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