ARRL DX Contest, SSB 2004

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

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: JN49FO
Operating Time (hrs): 32.6
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   10     8
   80:  116    27
   40:  362    49
   20: 1351    62
   15:  585    57
   10:    1     1
-------------------
Total: 2425   204  Total Score = 1,484,100

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

TS870 + Alpha87
FT1000MP + TL922

CT v10.00 network on 2 486 notebooks

(160) 27m shunt-fed tower, Mag-Loop (RX)
 (80) Bobtail (NW/SE)
 (40) 3el M2 Yagi @20m (linear-loaded)
 (20) 4el M2 Yagi @27m  
 (15) 5el Yagi @25m    
 (10) 6el Yagi @24m

Missed some prime time while tracking down problems on the 15 & 40m antennas. 

15m sounded watery until I realized that the Yagi was off about 45deg on
Sunday evening. This made little difference with signals on my meter, but the
rate certainly JUMPED UP - oh well.

40m seemed to get out, but signals were way down on receive, especially above
7200.

Excellent westcoast propagation on 20m, though!


73,

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