[3830] CQWW SSB ZM4T(ZL3IO) SO(A)AB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2022

Call: ZM4T
Operator(s): ZL3IO
Station: ZL3IO

Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: Liwi-DX-Lodge
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    8     4        3
   80:  108    20       31
   40:  858    28       84
   20:  956    31      107
   15:  780    29       80
   10:  779    18       31
------------------------------
Total: 3489   130      336  Total Score = 4,654,874

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

Thank you for all the QSO's! The luck of other participants from New Zealand
clearly helped me to get some of your attention. Otherwise this result would not
have been possible. It is much better than what I expected.

We had some pretty bad weather the weeks before the contest and you all know
what that means regarding repairs and tower/antenna maintenance. Despite some
serious effort I id not manage to get the station back into shape in time to
host a team. But, there is hope for the CW part.
 
I'm still looking at some stress fractures from the wind where I need
parts/material for repair. Hope is, it will be here in time for me to repair the
stuff the coming month.
The biggest show stopper is our FLEX6600 not cooperating at the moment. I
apologize here to all those where I disappeared in the middle of the
contact/pile up. The radio either did freeze up or decided to switch itself off.
Both situations resulting in a timely reboot procedure.

The conditions did improve over the contest. On day one our MUF barely reached
21 MHz and I could only watch the VK's and everyone else North of us enjoying
10/15 m. Hardly ever three hops were possible on day one which leaves us out of
the party. With three hops we get splashed into the waters West of California

Day two had much better high band conditions for us with some great runs into EU
on 15 m. Still not enough for 10 m where only 11 EU's (mainly CT/EA) managed to
get into the log.

The operator was the other limiting factor. After my health odyssey I still
struggle with long hours in the chair. My body's break request can't be denied
and of course they never fit into my operating strategy. But hey, I'm still
alive and kicking ;-)

QSO numbers from Asia are constantly declining YoY. Europe was much less worked
on 80/40 m this year. Was everyone on the high bands? NA/SA is very stable. SA
it seems, doesn't like to work us on 15/10 m. We hear them well but all they
care for is NA/EU which means their antennas pointing 90/180 degrees to us. 

Here is this years continent summary: 

----------------- C o n t i n e n t   S u m m a r y -----------------
                 160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
---------------------------------------------------------------------
North America      5     48    374    267    283    588   1565   44.9
South America      0     10     33     68      8      5    124    3.6
Europe             0     29    123    463    228     11    854   24.5
Asia               0      7    170    114    237    162    690   19.8
Africa             0      2      4      9      5      4     24    0.7
Oceania            3     12    153     34     19      9    230    6.6
???                0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total              8    108    858    956    780    779   3489   

The large number of OC's on 40 m are mostly YB's & VK's. We are actually
blocked by a higher hill into this direction. No YB on 10m (3 x VK on 10m) and I
managed only one YB on 15 m (5 x VK). But 69 YB's and 60 VK's were worked on 40
m this year which is a new record.

I also managed to work ZL on all bands. That is very tough for us as well. In
total 18 ZL contacts were made (1 x 160m, 4 x 80, 7 x 40, 1 x 20, 1 x 15, 4 x
10). Don't think it only tough for you to work New Zealand...

Four stations were worked on 6 bands:
K9CT        K1LZ        K3LR        W3PP

I hope we get a team together for the CW part.
73 Holger, ZL3IO


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