CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 2002

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

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: JN48HV
Operating Time (hrs): 46.2
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  114     7       46
   80:  518    14       69
   40:  620    22       94
   20:  509    27       82
   15:  543    29      101
   10:  426    30       90
------------------------------
Total: 2730   129      482  Total Score = 3,208,972

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

2x TS870, TopTen decoders, WX0B bandpass filters
homebrew 2R-switching

CT v9.81 on 2 Ethernet-linked P200īs

     (160) 40m antenna + feedline used as T-Vertical
      (80) DP @17m
      (40) Rotary DP @21m
(20/15/10) KT34A @18m

One full week needed to get the station back in shape. This included
fixing both radios, the rotor and one of the PCs. I failed with the
homebrew amp so ended up LP as last year. The 40m Rotary DP (one half of a
40-2CD) played quite well and it sure was a thrilling feeling to have to
rotate "something" to work a multiplier on 40!

I did not even try to break some of the huge packet pileups. I would just
put them into the band map and return to their frequency on a regular basis.
Sometimes I got them with the first call this way, sometimes not. Seems odd
that I did not hear and work more multipliers (zones) as I S&P'ed almost the
full weekend. Sure many regular AS/OC areas were missed due to the degraded
high band condx.

As there was no pre-contest nap illusions on sunday evening got as bad as
they can get. One funny (?) moment was to hear someone transmitting DL1IAO
5NN21 on 40m. I looked on the screen and found a G3 12 minutes ago as my last
contact, probably on CQ. I sent out a report and hear TU YI9OM! That's one of
the few incidents cutting down my operating time to about 46 hours.


73,

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