RDXC 2010

Contest         : Russian DX Contest
Callsign        : DM3F
Mode            : MIXED
Category        : SOAB-MIX-QRP
Band(s)         : All bands (AB)
Class           : QRP
Zone/State/...  : DX
Locator         : JO61UB
Operating time  : 13h04

 BAND   SSB    CW DUP DXC OBL  POINTS   AVG
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  160     0     2   0   2   0       6  3.00
   80     0     9   0   9   1      33  3.67
   40    14    38   0  19  21     367  7.06
   20    22   132   2  20  40    1142  7.42
   15     6    68   0  12  15     556  7.51
   10     0     1   0   1   0       5  5.00
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TOTAL    42   250   2  63  77    2109  7.22
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           TOTAL SCORE : 295 260


Operator       : DH5FS
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One of the best SW contests of the year. It started with log problems with WT3.27.1 which
did not accept Oblasts names. I lost 1h of operating time trough that until i made a downgrade
to v3.25.1 which worked. Later I learned that there exists a nightly version of v3.27, which
doesnt have this problem. I was using a 10.3m wire vertical with a 1:9 UNUN some coax in between
and a ATU from LDG. This setup was running very well on the high bands despite running 5W only
from a FT897. The antenna is 30m high on top of a building in the middle of the city (lots of noise
on the lower bands).
The FT897's RX was heavily loaded by all the CW signals which are in the passband of the roofing
filter even with 10dB attenuation and 300HZ IF filter. The performance on the lower bands was not
satisfying there i need to improve my antenna. I will try a top load next time. Congrats to OZ5E
who could hear my poor signal on 160m.

73 Fred   

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