[3830] CQWW SSB HB0A M/S HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2021

Call: HB0A
Operator(s): HB0WR HB9DVZ PA3FGA PA5CT PC5A
Station: HB0A

Class: M/S HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 37

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  252     6       42
   80:  511     9       53
   40:  566    20       76
   20:  914    27       87
   15:  620    25       72
   10:   19     4        8
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Total: 2882    91      338  Total Score = 2,247,960

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

TRX: TS870
AMP: TL922
ANT1: Eantenna 59+ @21M
ANT2: LZAntenna 30+40 ROTARY DIPOLE @ 22M
ANT3: FD5 @20M

We had to wait since ARRL SSB 2020 to travel to and operate as HB0A. We allowed
ourselves a free day before the contest which meant we travelled on Thursday.
The weather was nice during the second part of the trip when the fog finally
cleared in southern Germany and the autumn colours  stood out in the sun.

On Friday three of us ventured to hike to the Garsellikopf, a summit on the
border between HB0 and OE9. For Rens and Claudia it was the first time to visit
that one (2105m asl). The only downside was the cold wind. 

Traditionally we met for dinner with the team on the Friday before the contest.
This time André selected a restaurant that certainly qualifies as "fine
dining". The main course was a seasonal saddle of venison...!

The planned start at 02:00 local was postponed to 08:00. Waldemar HB0WR started
on the high bands. We had read several warnings about the upcoming impact of the
CME... Honestly we did not feel the bands went down at any point in the contest.


Especially running on the low bands was hard work, because of the large (EU)
crowds that kept calling and calling. Sometimes we needed to call a station 10
times before they responded. I suppose K1LZ would not have made the remark
"NO RX" in the cluster spot if he knew what kind of signal levels we
had on our end.... :-)

Sunday at 15Z the QSO count was just over 2000 and we set ourselves a target to
beat our all time best score of 2510Q's (from 2018). Just before 21Z that was a
fact. From that point onwards it was just a matter of improving the new record.


We'll be back in 4 weeks for the CW leg, our favourite :-)

Best 73
Waldemar HB0WR
André    HB9DVZ
Rens     PA3FGA
Claudia  PA5CT
Aurelio  PC5A


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