[3830] Rus DX HA3LN SOSB/40 HP

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                    Russian DX Contest

Call: HA3LN
Operator(s): HA3LN
Station: HA3LN

Class: SOSB/40 HP
QTH: EEU
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Countries  Oblasts
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  160:                               
   80:                               
   40:  877    269       73        67
   20:                               
   15:                               
   10:                               
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Total:  877    269       73        67  Total Score = 899,220

Club: Hungarian DX Club

Comments:

FT1000MP > 500W > elevated 1/4 vertical with 2 radials

The weather was kinda weird during the weekend. Despite we had the winter back
for 2 more weeks but on top of this we had a major snow storm starting Sat night
creating at least 10-15cm thick layer. Luckily enough it went away fairly
quickly 
but still... it is mid March... 

I rebuilt the vertical and made small modifications in the radial layout and
based on the RBN spot analysis seemingly it worked better. I've been picked up
by skimmers never before + the propagation cannot be blamed being better
compared to the CQWWCW weekend so this must be something around the antenna
itself. 

I started the antenna work in sunshine and ended up with severe rain/snow
mixture with -2 degrees in the same day. Please tell me if ham radio is not an
extreme sport...

Happy with the result. UA/UA9's made over 33% of the total thanks for the
activity. I had pretty good rates all the way down so the whole contest went in
a blink. I focused on maximizing the mults trying to work each spotted stns
right away but seeing the competitions' final figures I still missed ~10-10
cty/obl somehow mainly from the far end of UA9 and UA0.  

Interestingly enough after 26 years of ham activity this was the first occasion

I slipped to 40m SSB. It was quite an experience. I could not decide that the
jam
was due to the stations or some broadcasting intruders but that part of the band
 is really a mess. 

I liked the DXPeditions' activity during the contest. TY7C and TN5R actually did
not bother themselves too much about the surroundings they just picked a freq
high on the band and they did their split job. This made possible to check the
size of the pile from time to time and log them as well to the DXCC band gaps. 



Thanks for the calls.

See you in WPX CW.


73!
Csaba  HA3LN
http://ha3ln.hu/


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