[3830] CQWW CW LN8W(@LA8W) M/M HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2019

Call: LN8W
Operator(s): LA3BO LA5KO LA6YEA LA9VDA LA9WDA LB1G LB1GB LB8CG LB8IB
Station: LA8W

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160: 1228    24       82
   80: 1857    35      124
   40: 2523    39      146
   20: 1827    36      153
   15:  420    29      104
   10:  112     8       39
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Total: 7970   171      648  Total Score = 10,822,266

Club: LA Contest Club

Comments:

First of all, a great THANK YOU to all who called us !

Secondly, a great THANK YOU to our colleagues at LA8W/LN8W who worked
tremendously for several weeks in advance of the contest on a major upgrade of
our station, in particular Tore, LA9QL, and Svein, LA3BO, on towers, antennas,
cabling and a lot of other outdoor jobs, as well as Lauris, LB1RH, and Mikhail,
LB8CG, on developing a superb, dedicated Antenna Control System.

Our new multi-multi setup comprised:

6 pcs FLEX-6600 with Maestros and SmartSDR in MultiFLEX configuration integrated
with N1MM+ logging program and our dedicated Antenna Control System.
Linears were still a variety of old and new ones, including one PGXL, one SPE
Expert 2K-FA, one OM-3500, one OM-2500 and two QRO Technologies 2500.

160m antenna:
Inverted-L

80m antennas:
3 element beam OB3-80+ @ 52m
4-Square with 8-direction controller
K8UR wire array

40m antennas:
4 over 4 element beams OB4-40OWA @ 56m/34m on rotating tower
4 over 4 element beams OB4-40OWA @ 56m/33m on rotating tower
SteppIR DB-36 more or less fixed towards South America

20m antennas:
5 over 5 over 5 element Tribander beams OB21-3 @ 52m/38m/24m on rotating tower
4 over 4 over 4 element Tribander beams OB16-3 @ 40m/27m/14m on rotating tower
5 element rotary beam OB5-20 @ 24m

15m antennas:
5 over 5 over 5 element Tribander beams OB21-3 @ 52m/38m/24m on rotating tower
4 over 4 over 4 element Tribander beams OB16-3 @ 40m/27m/14m on rotating tower
5 element rotary beam OB5-15 @ 18m

10m antennas:
11 over 11 over 11 element Tribander beams OB21-3 @ 52m/38m/24m on rotating
tower
8 over 8 over 8 element Tribander beams OB16-3 @ 40m/27m/14m on rotating tower
5 element rotary beam LJ-105BA @ 18m
Beverages in 4 directions.

Also the new antenna switches, band pass filters and triplexers from 4O3A
performed flawlessly.  Actually, it was our first time to try a triplexer setup.
 Really amazing to transmit and receive on the same antennas simultaneously.

We were very happy with the performance of our new station setup, but we were
not quite satisfied with the conditions.  The recurring coronal hole created
enough disturbances to damage our score, so we could not reach the same score as
last year - even with the greatly improved station setup.

We still don't have any in-band stations, merely one station per band, but they
are on our wish list.

We really look forward to the next big contest, and we can only hope for better
conditions.
Looking forward to see you again then !

73 de
Roy / LA5KO


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