[CQ-Contest] ARRL-DX SSB : How were condx ?

[Yannick (XV4Y)]

Hi Steve,

Interesting comment. Congratulation.
I think I heard 9V1YC calling you on saturday but here I was not able to copy you, not even a whisper...

I am not surprise you have a lot of YBs in your log. The path between you both should be easier.
I have received private e-mail from several people confirming condx were tricky and other stations having a good setup did hear no one from my area.
More objectively, I found a way to install both my GP and Moxon beam together.
I did some comparison with EU stations and the beam is 2 to 3 S point better on most of the stations.
So my beam is working as expected, but I don't know if it is good for the path to the US. Takeoff angle is quite wide with -3dB from max Gain between 6° and 20°...

In two weeks the CQ WPX will allow me to do more comparisons.
However, since I am working that week-end, I am not sure I will have free time at the right hours...

Thanks for your answer and see you in the contests.
73 es GL,
Yan - XV4Y.
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> Hi Yan,
> 
> This seems very strange. Here are some QSO's from my log showing stations worked 
> on 15 meters from your area:
> 
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0006 N2IC          59  NM     YB1AR         59  500
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0016 N2IC          59  NM     YB1TJ         59  100
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0023 N2IC          59  NM     HS0ZJU        59  150
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0029 N2IC          59  NM     9V1YC         59  KW
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0037 N2IC          59  NM     YB1UUN        59  100
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0040 N2IC          59  NM     9M6XRO        59  400
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0042 N2IC          59  NM     YC1LA         59  200
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0043 N2IC          59  NM     E2E           59  200
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0045 N2IC          59  NM     E20YLM        59  100
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0119 N2IC          59  NM     E21EIC        59  200
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0157 N2IC          59  NM     E20NKB        59  100
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0205 N2IC          59  NM     YB8EL         59  100
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0215 N2IC          59  NM     YB0COU        59  100
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0216 N2IC          59  NM     YC0QR         59  80
> QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0259 N2IC          59  NM     YB0MWM        59  100
> QSO: 21212 PH 2012-03-03 2333 N2IC          59  NM     9M2ZAK        59  50
> QSO: 21212 PH 2012-03-03 2335 N2IC          59  NM     YC2FAJ        59  100
> QSO: 21218 PH 2012-03-04 0037 N2IC          59  NM     HS0ZIN        59  100
> QSO: 21218 PH 2012-03-04 0050 N2IC          59  NM     YB1ALL        59  150
> QSO: 21218 PH 2012-03-04 0124 N2IC          59  NM     YB1HK         59  100
> QSO: 21218 PH 2012-03-04 0136 N2IC          59  NM     YC1BTJ        59  150
> QSO: 21218 PH 2012-03-04 0142 N2IC          59  NM     YB3IZK        59  100
> QSO: 21218 PH 2012-03-04 0238 N2IC          59  NM     YB8EL         59  100
> 
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC