CQWW WPX Contest, CW 1998

Call: DL1IAO
Operator(s): DL1IAO
Station: DK1NO

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: nr Stuttgart
Operating Time (hrs): 35.2
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:   60
   80:  312
   40:  459
   20:  887
   15:  352
   10:   39
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Total: 2109  Prefixes = 651   Total Score = 3,318,798

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

TS870 + Alpha78
IC735 + SB220

CT v9.23 on 386 notebook

(160) 37m toploaded shunt-fed tower + wire reflectors, 28m shunt-fed tower
 (80) 3el Vert, sloping Vert
 (40) 3el stacked Vert, 2el Quad @16m NW/SE
 (20) 4el Yagi @27m 
 (15) 4el Yagi @25m   
 (10) 7el Yagi @33m, 4el Yagi @10m 

 (RX) 3 Beverages (6 directions)

Off-Times:
Sat 10:06-13:31 -> 03:25
Sun 03:01-11:32 -> 08:31
Sun 17:13-18:06 -> 00:53

Competitive rates during the first 12 hours followed by local thunderstorms
and a high noise floor for the rest of the weekend. A few times lightning
hits were so close I had to take some unscheduled off-times during 20m prime
time. Others did not seem to be affected as much by thunderstorm QRN as they
could keep going.


73,

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