CQWW WPX Contest, SSB 2005

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

Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: JN49FO
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:   45
   80:  354
   40:  419
   20:  963
   15:  682
   10:   37
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Total: 2500  Prefixes = 888  Total Score = 5,854,584

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

2x TS870, Alpha87, AL82, WX0B bandpass filters
Writelog v10 on HP Omnibook XE3

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

I missed 4 hours of 20m prime time on Saturday while fixing the 20m rotor, the
antenna was stuck at 15deg at that time.  When it finally moved to 300deg I
didnīt touch it for the rest of the weekend...

This and the lack of sleep made for a frustrating Saturday afternoon with almost
no two-radio QSOs and permanently thinking of more pleasant weekend activities. 
I found that talking to friends is the best reason to keep going!

Glad I recovered and didnīt miss the 15m opening on late Sunday.

Bring on the CW fun!


73,

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