[CQ-Contest] 2005 IARU observations from IK2DZN - LOW POWER

[py2ny]

Very nice to read this kind of messages.
I was a really observer at my own home,
while OH2MM worked here. Condx
weren't great but good enough to allow
those 1900 QSOs. My surprise was
04 contacts on 160m and 60 contacts
on 80m, using no more than 500 watts
and a 20m high Alpha Delta Sloper
for 40-80-160 meters.
HQ stations really fill the bands, but
not like two years ago, seems to me!
I still need to come back low power
and feels about propagation conditions,
despite my 20m High Power Single
Band operations last 3 years.
Anyway, dipoles or beams, 10,
100 or 1000 watts, the more important
is to be there...
Best 73 - py2ny
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buck - N4PGW" <n4pgw-list2 at towncorp.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2005 IARU observations from IK2DZN - LOW POWER


> I got lucky.  One of the HQ stations disappeared while trying to get my
call
> information.  I took advantage of the situation and called QRZ on the
> frequency to pick up contacts.  It was the best run I had.  Another
station
> asked if the frequency was in use, he was S-9 but didn't seem to hear me
> answer unless he just did it on purpose to steal the spot.  He wasn't an
HQ,
> but I was out of business and had already contacted his station earlier.
>
> I would love to have had a spot for my station to call CQ from.
>
> I saw one contest that requires stations to give up a frequency every time
> they make a contact after a CQ.  IARU and other contests would make for a
> better balance if they had this same requirement.  Just for a note, I
> noticed that the first stations to start calling CQ contest did so a full
> minute before the contest started.  They were there on the same frequency
> until the last minute.  I guess the time could have been off, after all
WWV
> isn't always accepted as being the standard.
>
> Regardless, I loved the contest.  I worked it with a  dipole in which one
> end fell and the other is wrapped up in the tree branches, and ran only
100
> watts.  Next year, I hope to have a better antenna system.
>
> 73 until the next contest...
> N4PGW
> Buck
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> > bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of IK2DZN - Claudio Astorri
> > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 10:45 AM
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] 2005 IARU observations from IK2DZN - LOW POWER
> >
> > Dear Contesters,
> >
> >
> > the excellent propagation forecasts prior to the HF Championship didn't
> > obviously take the E-sporadic issue into account.
> >
> >
> > During 2004 IARU I could work more than 300 Europeans on 10 meters and
> > more
> > than 200 Europeans on 15 meters. So half of my 2004 QSOs were E-sporadic
> > aided.
> >
> > LOW POWER contesters take great advantage by these openings, don't they?
> >
> > During 2005 IARU conditions on 10 meters allowed me to work just 20
> > stations
> > and openings on 15 meters allowed me to work 130 stations, whose
locations
> > have nothing to do with E-sporadic.
> >
> > What a difference from last year's conditions...
> >
> >
> > Considering the closed E-sporadic situation I am so glad I managed to
have
> > just a 10% loss from last year's score; this took me a full 24 hour
> > effort.
> >
> > It also depended on my upgraded 20, 40 and 80 meter antenna system.
> >
> > I can't imagine next year; it will probably be the toughest one for LOW
> > POWER guys like myself.
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> > I fully agree with those claiming HQ stations do absorb lot of spectrum.
> >
> > In many Countries in Europe we have just 60 gross (not net...) KHz as
SSB
> > spectrum on 40 meters (7040-7100 KHz).
> >
> > There were times this weekend when just 1 or 2 HIGH POWER non-HQ
stations
> > could find spectrum in between the HQ's.
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> > One final question: do 160 meters make sense in this contest?
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Claudio Astorri, IK2DZN
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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