[3830] WPX CW OM7RU SOAB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: OM7RU
Operator(s): OM7RU
Station: OM7RU

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Dolna Micina
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:   56
   80:  284
   40:  587
   20:  814
   15:  268
   10:   25
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Total: 2034  Prefixes = 878  Total Score = 4,142,404

Club: Dozen Dashes Contest Club

Comments:

In fact, OM7RU call could be in multi category: me and Mr. Murphy.
He started to give PA to standby mode from time to time, due to relay alarm, on
Saturday noon. Then I had 50 W out. I had to press OPR button to switch to full
power. It was becoming hundreds times, less or more often till the end of the
contest... I tried to repair it, but lost 1 hour for sleeping, without
success...
Storm during Saturday evening. My sons were lightning observers and I ran with
one ear to their reports. In addition, any high voltage line insulators are
water sensitive and rain caused QRM of S9. I heard only S9+ for an hour...
I lost 40m antenna on Sat/Sun midnight. I wanted to swap of coax to another
port of ANT switch. But cabinet in the backyard was full of wasps and I didn't
have the spray. In addition, our territory is victim of slugs invasion,
including walkways, coaxs and cabinet, nothing pleasant. I lost 1 hour for
sleeping without success...
I found unconnected soldered 40m connector in the garden during Sunday day
break. I lost 1 hour for sleeping this time finally with success...

Conditions was interesting. I tried to check of CONDX on Wednesday evening
before WPX. I worked NA, SA and AS stations with antenna beaming to north at
cca 2200Z. It was the same during both WPX evenings on 20m and 15m. 10m was
closed and unusable. Nice both mornings, rare JAs, but a lot of long path NA
west coast QSOs. Low bands was opened quite nice, with less QRN on first two
nights. I miss real higher Q/h out of EU pileup during the whole contest, even
I spent Sundays afternoon on 40m, due to higher point gain due to lack of 40
previous night...
A lot of points had been lost by all vis major problems, but I didn't want to
give up, when I had green light for full time contest participation from my
wife, hi.  Thinking about at least simple SO2R again.

Thanks to all participants!

Used equipments:
 Yaesu FT-1000MP MarkV Field
 ACOM 2000A
 MicroHAM microKeyer, MicroHAM StationMaster
 WinTest
 UltraBeam UB ONE rotator

Antennas:
 160m: Vertical (35m tower + 2 elevated radials)
 80m:  OptiBeam OB1-80 rotary dipole @34m
 40m:  InvVee @21m
 RX:   K9AY RX loops for 160, 80 and 40m
 20, 15, 10m: Cushcraft A4S 3 el. tribander @31m

73!
Riki, OM7RU

www.tucek.sk/om7ru


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