Contest         : IARU Field-Day R1 (DARC) 2012
Callsign        : DR0W/P
Mode            : CW
Category        : Portable, multi operator, low power, non-assisted
DOK             : T13
Operating time  : 23h45

 BAND   QSO DUP DXC  POINTS   AVG
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  160    68   0  20     244  3.59
   80   158   0  31     533  3.37
   40   351   5  41    1053  3.00
   20   307   2  51     927  3.02
   15   195   7  46     630  3.23
   10    75   1  30     252  3.36
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TOTAL  1154  15 219    3639  3.15
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      TOTAL SCORE : 796 941

Operators       : DJ5MW, DL1IAO
QTH             : Scheidegg / Allgäu, 1000m NN
Equipment       : TS590, 2x 37m Doublet @12m, Hamware-Tuner,
                  WT v3.27.1 on HP Omnibook XE3

After almost 6 months without a QSO and after missing WPX CW I was really
looking forward to our annual CW Fieldday. As distance to the FD site remains
about the same from my new home I arrived around noon time on Saturday as usual.
Setting up the push-up mast went smoothly so we had enough time for a lunch
break and visiting Manfreds new contest site. At the beginning 10m sounded so
quiet we really thought the TS590 to be deaf. We also played with the generator
for quite a while until we found the right gas position.

With the improved DX condx we had hoped for an improved score compared to last
year. But as the activity spread out over the 6 bands in the evening we never
found a good run rate on any particular band. As we managed to work a decent
lowband multiplier early in the evening we could spend some additional time on
15/20m throughout the night providing some really interesting QSOs. At 1:00
local I heard ZL3PAH tuning across 15m but could not get his attention. DL0LA/p
really was in and out all the DX pileups as fast as it gets.

As usual the most interesting part of the game was over at about 11:00 local
and we were left switching back and forth between 20 & 40m. One of the highlights
was working many stations on several bands, even the casual OMs - TNX! Shortly
before the end we got another adrenaline rush when we lost power for 15min due to
a broken wire in the AC outlet. Ready for antenna shutdown we had an enormous
rain shower washing our equipment and the operators.

We really enjoyed another head-to-head race with DL0LA/p leaving us uncertain
about the results until the very end. Congrats!

These were the DX-Highlights:

10: 5T, 9J, CM, D2, HS, PY, LU
15: 3W, 8P, 9M2, BV, BY, CM, HC, HR2, HS, VR
20: 3B8, A5, CM, HC, HP1, JT, VK6
40: A5, CM

including 2 different A6 stations on 10-20m.


73,

Stefan DL1IAO
for the DR0W/p FD-Team

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