[WWYC] WAE DJ1YFK

[Fabian Kurz]

Hi guys,

I joined the M/S Team at DF 0DX this time and we worked about 1250 QSOs, 
1650 QTC for a final score of 1,8 meg...
Our biggest concurrents are DF0CG, DL0XM and (was he M/S?) DL1MGB, so the 
fight for top-3 in DL will be very close.

73, Fabian dj1yfk


At 09:38 12.08.2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Congrats to CT1ILT and 9A6XX @ 9A7P - Hrle's location is a bit tougher 
>than CT  ;o).
>Before the contest I asked Hrle how he does manage to get so many QTCs, 
>because I
>always ask but almost never get them. During the contest, we exchanged 
>score in real
>time a couple of times on the WWYC-node (courtesy of Greg KE9R), and again 
>Hrle's QTC
>score grew exponentially compared to mine! I like to think that it's 
>because I have a
>modest to weak signal, and the signal from 9A7P must be stronger. I draw that
>conclusion, because on 20+40m where I was once again pretty strong 
>(compared to
>15+80m), I get more QTCs and without muh begging - the same occured last 
>year. Enough
>about QTCs.
>
>Biggest frustration (next to lack of QTCs): LU4FM on 80m who copied my 
>call as ON5
>ZZ, GO, EG etc but NOT ZO. I was just a few dB's short of making my first 
>LU QSO on
>80m. I bailed out because it took too much time. This is a situation where 
>SO2R is a
>must...
>
>Biggest thrill: strong W's on 80m, coming back to my CQ the first night. 
>First time
>that happened to me on 80m...
>
>I used N1MMLogger that only supported WAE since last week. It was a risk 
>but I had
>tested it thoroughly with Tom N1MM and it turned out just great, he 
>implemented
>almost all features I had asked for. I know how CT and W/L handle QTCs, but
>N1MMLogger is just the smoothest interface around, just because there is 
>no QTC
>interface! Seeing is believing!
>
>I had a great time, and I'll be back again next year!
>
>73 de Franki ON5ZO
>
>
>
>                     WAE DX Contest, CW
>
>Call: ON5ZO
>Operator(s): ON5ZO
>Station: ON5ZO
>
>Class: Single Op LP
>QTH: JO20ar
>Operating Time (hrs): 28
>
>Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  QTCs  Mults
>-------------------------
>    80:   29    10    42
>    40:   95   142    93
>    20:  162   257    70
>    15:   67    80    52
>    10:    2     0     4
>-------------------------
>Total:  355   489   261  Total Score = 220,284
>
>Club:
>
>Comments:
>
>SETUP:
>TS-850 @ 100W
>10+15+20m   triband trapped dipole at approx. 9m
>40m         shorty vertical dipole with capacity spokes
>80m         T-loaded vertical, 4 long radials, 20 shorter
>software:   N1MMLogger, QTC RX interface is the best around, give it a try
>
>THOUGHTS:
>* WAE CW is my favourite contest, this is once again a proven fact
>* 10m was dead in this QTH with this 'antenna' (ahum!), don't even know how I
>managed to work 2 stations there...
>* working USA on 80m and having a small modest run there is totally new
>(woohoo!) to me but it was only possible the first night, second night I 
>had S7
>noise on 80m and signals were down several S-points
>* Why are so many stations reluctant to give QTCs? It boosts your score, 
>and on
>the WAE side, it adds to the fun! I had to beg and beg and got numerous NILs,
>QRUs, SRIs or LATERs
>* I thought there was less activity than last year?
>
>Still a lot of fun, TNX fr all QSOs es QTCs.
>73 de Franki ON5ZO
>
>
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