[WWYC] CQWW CW 8S2F M/S

[Mikael Larsmark]

Hi again!

That was BTW not me running. I looked in the log and it was 
actually 10m qsos and I didn't op 10m at that time. So it is 
somebody else running.

//Mike (SM3WMV @8S2F)

On 2 Dec 2003, at 13:36, Mikael Larsmark wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Here is the prelim from 8S2F.
> 
> Call: 8S2F	
> Operator(s): SM2HWG, SM2NOG, SM2LIY, SM2ODB, SM2EZT, 
> SM3WMV, SM3JLA
> Station: SM2HWG
> 
> Class: M/S HP
> QTH: Sika
> Operating Time (hrs): 48
> 
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>   160:  216    13       56
>    80:  420    30       96
>    40:  529    35      116
>    20: 1033    36      120
>    15: 1202    36      128
>    10:  662    36      125
> ------------------------------
> Total: 4062   186      641  Total Score = 6,950,935
> 
> Conds were great up here in the north. It was fun to work JA and 
> NA at the same time around 04:00z on Sunday morning on 20m. I 
> just wish I had powersplit cuz when I had the 6/6 stack on JA the 
> NA signals were VERY weak since the stack is very narrow. The 
> highbands were open late in the evening/night towards US which 
> made running great.
> 
> This was our first serious effort from the team with this equipment 
> so did some misstakes but we will hopefully improve until next 
> year. There is an audiofile of me being a lid on 15m on my server 
> recorded by King Lid. I had a pileup of US and they are really 
> experts calling zero beat. I don't know when they will learn to put 
> yourself on the side of the pile, not in the middle! Anyways, you 
> can listen if you want:
> 
> http://sm3wmv.shacknet.nu/sm3w/8S2F-15.wav
> 
> We had some trouble with writelog in this one. I have never had 
> problems before, I don't know if it was because of the network but 
> Writelog would just stop sending CW and you had to press escape 
> several times before you could send again, it was very strange.
> 
> Anyway, this was my funniest WW CW ever. I had a blast even 
> though we should have been able to work a couple of hundred more 
> qsos. The bands were open late in the evening towards North 
> America. I looked in the log and we worked NA on 10m until 20:46z 
> until we qsyed and worked NA on 15m until 23:00z.
> 
> Equipment:
> Stn1 : FT1000 + Tentec Titan (160m-10m)
> Stn2 : IC756 + Dentron (40m-10m)
> Stn3 : IC781 + Bullret (80m only)
> 
> 160M: Fullsize 1/4 vertical
> 80M: 4 Square
> 40M: 4el fullsize mono @53m + 2el phased array (@SA)
> 20M: 6/6el mono (18.5m booms) + 4el mono
> 15M: 6/6el mono + 4el mono
> 10M: 6/6/6el mono + 4el
> 
> RX: 5 beverage antennas between 300-700m long.
> 
> The station played great. The only real failure we had was in a 
> WX0B box...gotta replace some relays, or maybe even the boxes 
> when we are at it because we only have trouble with them.
> 
> //Mike (SM3WMV @8S2F)
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