[3830] CQ WW RTTY MJ5Z(JK3GAD) SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: MJ5Z
Operator(s): JK3GAD
Station: GJ3DVC

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: IN89VE
Operating Time (hrs): 39

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------
   80:  148        6      38     9
   40:  177       24      42    13
   20:  575       48      64    23
   15:  529       53      61    24
   10:  285       37      42    21
------------------------------------
Total: 1714      168     247    90  Total Score = 2,140,695

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

It is first time someone in GJ submit log to CQ WW RTTY contest so my score
becomes GJ record automatically. :-)

Club has lots of antenna work recently and usual C3 is not available. Then
40/80m dipole is lower height than usual. On top of that, station B side of
sixpack antenna switch does not work properly, seems problem in relay contact,
so I gave up SO2R and decided to focus on QSO numbers. 

I heard loud W/VE signal on 10m on Friday evening so I expected some activities
on magic band. 

At the start of the contest, 40/80m was very tough as CQing did not produce
rate, but when S&Ping either pile up was big or simply other station did
not hear me.....At dawn on Saturday morning, real time score board
cqcontest.net showed I was well behind in the ranking. Not a good start.... 

As expected 10m was open from early morning and heard loud JA signals and W/VE
signal came in earlier than expected. Moving between 20/15/10m well into the
night. Interestingly signal level on 10m was not bad, not a short opening, but
not a money band for some reason. 15m had peak around 21Z on Saturday. 

High band closed earlier on Sunday.

At the end, my score is well behind in terms of EU record but around 15% above
British Isles record (G/GI/GM/GW/GD/GU) so I am happy with it. It is very
interesting to see how I can improve my score in proper SSO2R setup and newly
installed Opti-Beam next time. 

Thanks to JARS members for maintaining and improving station!

73 Kazu
M0CFW, M5Z, JK3GAD


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