[3830] CQWW CW TK0C M/S HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2019

Call: TK0C
Operator(s): S53CC S53F S53MM S53RM S53WW S55OO S57AL S57C S57L S57VW
Station: TK0C

Class: M/S HP
QTH: JN42JO
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  722    25      100
   80: 1536    35      130
   40: 2826    39      153
   20: 3317    39      158
   15: 1187    34      136
   10:  107    10       34
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Total: 9695   182      711  Total Score = 16,801,795

Club: Belokranjec Contest Club

Comments:

After being in M2 for three years in a row we agreed that we reached the upper
limit with our equipment/operation style/philosophy from TK0C location. We were
seriously planing for MM in M4 style, but changed our minds almost in a last
minute. We were not sure we can win MS (in EU, of course) with the setup we use
- we already knew nobody would beat us in the number of the QSOs, but what about
multipliers? Chalenges we love, CW even more :)
We introduced some new techniques and further improved the in-band operation. As
with M2 every year, we set for improving the best hour rate also in MS -
therefore the first hour and a half operation was fully optimized to beat decade
old P33W record of 400 QSO/h. We managed to get to 417 Q/h and we believe 450
Q/h was in our reach. 
Our core asset is a team spirit - it is always so satisfying being one of the 10
men group, where everybody contributes to the sucess through hard work. The team
members this year: S53CC, S53F, S53MM, S53RM, S53WW, S55OO, S57AL, S57C, S57L,
S57VW.  
The antennas were like previous years (all made of wires), and we added first
aluminium antenna (5el. for 10m) hoping for some short openings in other than
main directions. We also added the 4th 40m antenna just to confirm that it is
hard to get required inter-antenna isolation - playing with radiation pattern
nulls (measured with a probe constructed by S51RM just few days before leaving
S5) and exploring shore details (read as "adding more cable length")
we managed to get it all working to our expectations. 

LOG was uploaded immediately after contest ended. Livescore rules! Report
written on a ferry back home and published from Livorno port.

QSOs per radio:
RUN - 7455
INB - 1771 
MULT - 469

Setup with 6 working positions:
RUN: FTdx-101D + TS-590 
INBAND: 2x TS-590 with 2na1 linked to RUN PA
MULT: 2x TS-590 with 2na1 to MULT PA, TS-590 with SDR/CW skimmer dedicated to
10m monitoring

Antennas:
160m: InvL, Hi-Z 4SQ, USA and JA beverage
80m: Vertical, Hi-Z 4SQ, USA and JA beverage
40m: 3x two phased verticals, 4SQ
20m: 2x Spider beam, VDA, 3el Moxon
15m: 2x Spider beam, VDA, 3el wire yagi   
10m: 5el. yagi, Spider beam, VDA

Thanks to all that gave us a call!
And now the big question: what's next?


73 de TK0C/Team Charlie


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