Contest         : IARU Field-Day R1 (DARC) 2002
Callsign        : DF0WA/p
Mode            : CW
Category        : Restricted
DOK             : T13
Operating time  : 24h

 BAND   QSO  DXC  POINTS   AVG
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  160    99   15     377  3.81
   80   151   24     537  3.56
   40   237   36     817  3.45
   20   274   52     901  3.29
   15   207   49     658  3.18
   10   165   40     542  3.28
----------------------------------
TOTAL  1133  216    3832  3.38
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      TOTAL SCORE : 827 712

Operators       : DL1IAO, DL2MEH
QTH             : nr Lindau
Equipment       : TS850, homebrew symmetrical tuner
                  CT v9.23 on 486 notebook
                  2x 42m Doublet @15m

Best Sporadic-E ever heard in fieldday! However, this also resulted in
otherwise poor DX propagation and less multipliers from outside EU. Best
contact was VE1ZZ who called on 160 with a real S8 signal on a quiet band.

It was interesting to find out how the Doublet would work when hung in
north-south direction, rather than east-west as usual. BV, VK and caribbeans
still were worked easily, so the radiation pattern is not as critical as
predicted by computer model - even on 10 & 15m.

Sure, Manfred climbed the tree real high, and the antenna simply could not
hang any better on the hill!

As expected, DL0LA/p gave us a nice race, but we actually finished slightly
over their 1998 record numbers.

One of the nicest fieldday weekends I can remember!


73,

Stefan DL1IAO
for the DF0WA/p FD-Team

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