DARC 10-Meter Contest 2002

Call: DL1IAO
Operator(s): DL1IAO
Station: DL0WW
DOK: A12

Class: SO CW HP
QTH: JN49FO
Operating Time (hrs): 2

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   CW:  130
  SSB:     
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Total:  130  Mults = 109  Total Score = 14,170

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

FT1000MP + Alpha87A, CT v9.23 on 486 notebook
6el Yagi @24m

I had hoped for good scatter condx and they were there! However, I could
not find a beam heading which would allow me to copy signals during the first
50min - too much echo! In my despair I finally swang the 6el exactly to the
south to attract some locals, and then it happened: Suddenly the echo was
gone and I found myself working down a pileup real fast (see Breakdown).  2 or
3 times I tried to figure out if other directions would be even superior, but
every time I did, the rate immediately died. The optimum direction remained
between S and SE.

A post-contest inquiry among other CW highscorers showed that optimum beam
headings were completely different at the particular locations.


73,

Stefan
DL1IAO@contesting.com
http://www.dl1iao.com