Contest         : IARU Field-Day R1 (DARC) 2008
Callsign        : DM1A/P
Mode            : CW
Category        : Portable, multi operator, high power, assisted
DOK             : A24
Operating time  : 24h

 BAND   QSO DUP DXC  POINTS   AVG
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  160   141   0  21     507  3.60
   80   210   2  31     689  3.28
   40   304   7  39     913  3.00
   20   392  11  52    1176  3.00
   15   239   4  37     734  3.07
   10   187   3  31     553  2.96
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TOTAL  1473  27 211    4572  3.10
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      TOTAL SCORE : 964 692

Operators       : DJ5MW, DL1IAO
QTH             : Scheidegg / Allgäu, 1000m NN
Equipment       : Elecraft K3 (first 6h), TS870
                  Alpha99, WT v3 on HP Omnibook XE3
                  84m Windom with 15m sleeve element @17-10m,
                  R7 Vertical (ground-mounted)

This year we wanted to find out if a tribander really is necessary in
the CW part. Experience from past years showed that you can expect
openings in several different directions during Sporadic-E condx. In
this case an omnidirectional antenna certainly is not a disadvantage.
Besides Manfred's K3 arrived just in time to give it a first try in a
contesting environment.

The modified windom played well on all bands - except on 15m. Later we
found out that the additional wire element probably had touched the coax
during a wind gust causing a short to ground. So we had to take the R7 out
of the garage in the evening.

The first impression of the K3 was not too bad at all. We experienced a
variety of problems, though, with some of them seemingly being real bugs.
The biggest problem was corrupted CW keying which we simply could not fix
and which forced us to continue with our proven TS870 setup at around
midnight.

During the day 10 & 15m offered an almost continous stream of callers so
that we did not have to milk 40m for every single QSO. Lots of fun as
usual!

Thanks to everybody giving out points! 


73,

Stefan DL1IAO
for the DM1A/p FD-Team

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