[WWYC] Fw: CQWW CW OQ5M(ON5ZO) SOAB(A) HP

[Franki ON5ZO]

So here's what I did for the team... How did y'all do?
I had kinda committed SOAB to Fab DJ1YFK so I couldn't chicken out to SB20...   ;o)

- Franki ON5ZO


----- Original Message ----- 
>                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
>
> Call: OQ5M
> Operator(s): ON5ZO
> Station: ON5ZO
>
> Class: SOAB(A) HP
> QTH: homesweethome
> Operating Time (hrs): 38
> Radios: SO2R
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>  160:  320     8       48
>   80:  631    16       72
>   40:  605    21       86
>   20:  768    30       82
>   15:  476    24       69
>   10:  104    16       45
> ------------------------------
> Total: 2904   115      402  Total Score = 2,502,797
>
> Club: Rhein Ruhr DX Association
>
> Comments:
>
> What a contast! Isn't CW contesting to be filed under 'Hard Drugs'?
>
> I enjoyed some very good runs: most of the time 'last hour' was over 90 and
> even 8 hours of +100, with a top hour of 153 QSOs. That was new for me!
>
> N1MMLogger with Microham's MK2R+ really is a killer combo. The weakest link in
> SO2R is the operator. I need to practice. But it is so much fun.
>
> The score was 2.35 meg with 40 minutes to go. I wanted to break the
> psychological barrier of 2.5 million, so I really pushed the second radio
> barefoot on 40/80 while running 160m. I calculated that I needed 4 to 5 mults
> to get there, but after GJ2A, EA9EU, V26K I was out of luck - pile ups too big
> for barefoot breaking. Then a CT1 called on 160m for a country mult! Add a
> couple of QSO's 'et voilà ': 2 500 000. points...
>
> I think I did not do too bad with my Field Day setup, but I am left with a lot
> of 'what ifs'.
>
> "What if" the WX was good?
> I Lost the first night due to bad WX: no low band antennas up because of very
> strong winds. I left the crank up tower down. I just don't risk damaging the
> tower or the antennas. I put it all up Saturday night, in the dark, when the
> wind was gone.
>
> "What if" I could have used my new sloper array for 40m?
> My backup 40m vertical came down earlier this week (Murphy!!!): worn out fiber
> mast due to UV exposure for over 5 years. Applied a quick and dirty solution on
> Friday and it held up. I will replace it with aluminum tubing!
>
> "What if" there had not been the unexpected RFI on 20/15m?
> It made the keyboard lock up or disable some keys. That wasn't there before! So
> I needed to solve that in the contest. Tin foil and ferrite everywhere!
>
> "What if" I had a second amp for the second radio along with a second
> tribander?
> Now I had to SO2R with the S&P rig barefoot, and I have only one tribander for
> 20/15/10m.
>
> Still: CW contesting is the greatest thing there is in the hobby. If it weren't
> for that...
>
> 73 ES TNX for the QSO de Franki ON5ZO / OQ5M