3V8SS won the Wires/Tribander Plaque, 1st Place Africa/3rd World in WPX SSB 2011 as SOAB-LP
and 2nd Place World in WPX CW 2011
10/01/2012
3V8SS has won the
Wires/Tribander Plaque in CQ WPX SSB Contest 2011. It was also ranked 1st
in Africa and 3rd in the World in the SOAB-LP Category.
After the official
WPX CW'11 results publishing, 3V8SS is ranked 2nd World and 1st Africa. It won
the Wire/Tribander Plaque as well!
3V8SS won 1st Place in RDXC 2011 SOAB-LP-SSB
16/08/2011
Russian DX Contest
has published the results of the 2011 contest. I won the first place World Wide
in Single Operator - Low Power - SSB Category and set a new African Record in
the same Category.
The target was to
break the World Record set by LZ9W back in 2004 with 4.4 million points, but log
checking slightly reduced my score from the claimed 4.6 million down to around 4
million points.
After the brave
Tunisian revolution, situation in 3V-land has considerably changed and many
dreamt ideas look much nearer. Over 50 political parties born and approved, time
to ham radio to attempt their chances.
The idea behind the
1st National Meeting of Tunisian Radio Amateurs came from the need to gather
efforts and keep focus on the local amateurs’ dream to have their dedicated
association that takes care of their hobby’s related issues, starting with
individual callsigns allocation to organizing DXPeditions and building a Contest
Station.
Preparations for
the event started 3 weeks before. Halim (operator of 3V8SS), Ash 3V8SS/KF5EYY
and Anis (Operator of 3V8ST) met several times preparing the first and the
biggest national meeting.
Nearly, everyone had also an input to the preparations and all were motivated to
make a success out of this event.
Invitations
were sent to all radio amateurs, old and new, OMs and YLs. It wasn’t easy
to find each one’s contact information. At final, over 30 invitations were
issued over email, facebook and phone.
Presence was confirmed by twenty people, the crew was on time on Sunday and the
meeting started as expected at 09:30.
Most of the attendees were Tunisian youths ranging from 22 to 35 years old. We
were also glad welcoming an old man like Mr. Hafedh (Ham Radio since the 90’s)
and Mr. Zied a responsible in the National Agency of Frequencies.
The good news came from Tunis guys; we had a preliminary approval on our request
to create the Association of Tunisian Radio Amateurs (A.R.A.T). If no refusal
will be released from the ministry of interior within the coming 3 months, the
first official meeting of the association will be held at the end of July 2011.
That was the starting point of our meeting. The agenda was completely changed to
fit the news.
Discussions were focusing on the scope of work of every member of the
preliminary executive committee during these three months to prepare the first
meeting and to deal with the most urgent encountered issues.
Participants have also discussed the structure of the upcoming association and
the way it’ll be organized. All agreed on putting it as simple as possible with
possibility of extent to fit its development.
One of the major discussed points was the next step in the procedure we already
started to make pressure on the Tunisian administration in order to have
individual licenses. Several options were discussed, however, we finally agreed
on trying to work with the National Agency of Frequencies ANF to take the lead
in allocating callsigns and helping it in radio spectrum control. A workshop
will be held with ANF once we have the approval on the association.
After taking the lead in changing the political situation in the country, the
Tunisian youths are taking things on hands and are moving forward towards
building their own ham radio association which will promote amateur radio
activities in Tunisia.
Many thanks go to the Scout Group of Hammam Sousse and their responsible Mr.
Alaeddine Slimen for hosting the meeting.
I received
today my DXCC award for 102 confirmed DXCCs. All these were confirmed
electronically via Logbook of the World LotW (See certificate at left).
Thanks to Vitor PY2NY who sponsored all the payments as money transfer
from Tunisia to foreign
countries is not possible.
The next objective will be the 150 Milestone. Paper QSL Cards will be needed to achieve the target as soon as possible.
You can find a list of all LotW users by visiting HB9BZA
website.
At least one week vacation was
mandatory for me to rest from a whole year continous work. My request for
vacation was accepted and I decided to travel
to Turkey. Preparations were very quick and within 2 days I depart to Istambul.
Just before I leave Tunisia, I
gave a call to Mr.Aziz Sasa TA1E, the president of the Turkish Radio Amateur
Club (TRAC).
The first three days
in Istanbul were dedicated to tourism. Then I had the
chance to meet Mr. Aziz several times and other Ham Radio friends there.
Mr. Aziz took me to TA2KA and I assisted to an emergency exercice with him where
the purpose was to transmit as much emergency messages as possible.
I was surprised
seeing how developped the emergency communication system made by Ham Radio in this country. The TRAC has a full support from the government thanks to this.
The local authorities sponsored 3 cars to TRAC which transformed it into mobile
emergency communications center.
I was also able to visit TA1KB Club station. I made a 30-minutes pile up on 20m as TA1/KF5EYY. The pile-up was big and I made around 60 QSOs.
My warm thanks goes to Aziz, Mamduh and all the other guys I met for the hospitality and kindness.
I went to the United States during the month of
February 2010 for business. Eric NM5M answered to my call in CQ Reflector seeking
for
radio amateurs in Texas. We met together, he was so kind and helped me
passing the exam for the US License.
During the ARRL CW Contest, Eric took me to NR5M Super Station in Hempstead, Houston
(about 4 hours driving south of Dallas). We arrived about 3 hours after the
start of the contest. We joined the team and we
activated the 10m Stations. I was running the Multiplier Station. Eric was
running pile-up.
NR5M is a huge station
owned by Goerge having over
20 towers for antennas and 2 stations for each band. Every station is equiped
with an ICOM, Micro Keyer II, Alfa 77S Amplifier, a computer with LCD Screen,
antenna rotors and selectors for stacked antennas, etc...
What a nice weather on Saturday morning over
here! I started the day early by a long walk on Sousse beach enjoying the
turquoise blue sea and lovely weather. Nothing would prevent me from spending
the day there but a contest!
After last year's first place World as
SOAB-SSB-LP, I decided to take part in MIX mode as condx is poor and my antenna
system for low bands needs upgrading. So the idea was to focus on SSB for High
bands and CW for low bands.
I made some nice runs on SSB at the begining
of the contest; I was surprised that I was exceeding CN2R by 1 QSO after 2
operating hours (354 vs 353!). but I later made people struggle to have a CW QSO
with me due to tire.
QSO with CN2R on 20m:
I was hoping 10m will make a surprise just
before the end of the contest, however, it was disappointing.
This year's score slightly exceeds the World
Record for MIX-LP Category set by SU9NC back in 2003. I hope log checking will
not grab the 300k points difference!
This year's
CQWW CW Contest witnessed my second participation as SO. My first try was back
in 2008 finished happy with 123 QSOs as a new comer to CW. The year after, I
operated the Multiplier station with 3V3S Crew (M/S LP). In 2010, I was glad
leaving the chair for Andy RA9CKQ for his 3V3A Activity.
After my good
results in the SSB Legs, I was preparing well in advance for another personal
achievment in the CW Leg especially with the bands being in a good shape.
Preparations convered daily CW Training on Morse Runner, previous years' logs'
analysis, and the most important; testing a new gun for the fight.... the FT-857
from Yeasu!!
What triggered
this idea is the fact that club's TS-450s has only a 500Hz built-in filter for
CW which make any LP station struggle due to the adjuscent stations. So I
took my FT857 and came to Sousse the weekend preceeding the contest to try its
DSP Feature! I quickly made the decision; This is it!
By the same
occasion, I repaired my 160/80 GP after loosing 3m from its total lenght making
it unresonnant on 160... Few mults on top band would be highly valuable!
I came to the
station on Friday morning; checked my setup, got on the air, all works
perfectly!
Afterwards, I went to look around in my lovely city; it's always nice and
peaceful!
Back to the Radio club for rest. I was glad having a 3 hours nap just before the
contest. I don't remember how I could overcome my excitement, but I did it
anyway!!
Operating half
an hour prior to contest start put me on the cluster and on bandmaps and
generated pileups since the begining. I quickly realized how great the Yeasu's
DSP Filter is! I felt as if I'm the only one on the band with no adjuscent
station in my headset!
In fact, FT-857
has 3 filters; 60, 120 and 240Hz. During this contest, I always started with
240Hz and then narrow it when the pileup grows up to reduce the number of heard
stations. I know it'll prevent me to hear station that are not calling on my
exact QRG, but this brought the pileup to a manageable level for me.
QSO rate was
exceeded 100 per hour in most of the contest hours, peaking 128. It's not the
best I could do, but poeple were NOT listening in and they just keep QRMing
making things going slow and too tough to handle. I was sometimes obliged to
change the frequency!!
Condx were
fabulous in ALL bands! I did run all the time and only S&P twice during band
change. Mutipliers figure might be better.
Chair time was
limited to 36 hours as I slept a lot (4.5 hours) and had to leave early back to
capital Tunis as Monday is a working day for me.
I failed to reach my set objective of 4000 QSOs but I'm happy with the result
setting my personal threshold high for upcoming events "inshallah".
Being in Moscow for a 5-days-business trip
continued until one day before this year's CQWW Contest prevented me from taking
enough rest for the event. What an excitement being in the old Soviet capital!
I had the chance to meet my friend Andrey
RA9CKQ, Valery R5GA and Dima RA9USU... Thanks guys for coming to see me!
I also was pleased to meet Pavel RU5A how made my 30-minutes operation from his
office Station possible! I was operating as RA/KF5EYY and made 60 QSOs.
With RU5A in Mosocw 2 days before the contest
Friday was a busy day at office. I finished
work at 17h then I decided to visit TS2A (3V8BB) guys in Hammamet inspite of
tire. I had a nice
contest chat with Hrane YT1AD, Dragan YT3W and Dima RA9USU that I met a couple
of days ago in UA3.
I was lucky having 4 hours sleeping on
Friday night and thanks to my mobile who failed to wake me up before the
contest.
I started my operation at 0230z with the usual (for me) low QSO rates on 40.
A quick look on 20 showed a bench of nice
DX Catches (KH6, FO0M, ZL, etc.). It wasn't so difficult to grab them all.
I continued switching between CQing on 40 and S&P on 20 till about half an hour
before sunrise!
I made about an hour on 20, then a quick
move to 15 before joining the rest of the world on 10 and found the party
already started!
What an awesome 10m! Great opening towards far east in the morning and towards
Americas in the afternoon. Pile-ups were huge and difficult to manage sometimes.
I could break last year's score well before
the end of Day 1, then realized that I completely forgot about sleeping unlike
what has been expected due to my busy week... However, I prefered going to bed
for another 4 hours as I didn't rely a lot on low bands. My antenna system for
80 and 40 needs full revamping. I should also think about another solution for
160 after having my vertical partly broken and de-tuned.
Best QSO Rates:
230 QSOs during one hour (personal record)
130 QSOs during 30 minutes
52 QSOs during 10 minutes
I went to
Sousse on Friday aftrenoon after 2 hour driving from Sfax. I had a short tour
around and a coffee in touristic El Kantaoui Port, then I went to the
club to start preparations.
My idea was to make an audio recording of the whole contest from a remote SDR
located in NL. This will allow checking propagation on the other side and see
how can I "optimize" the pileups in the future operations.
Recording the streaming audio from the Java application required having a
special software. I found a great one called SoundTap and I was testing it
during the week before and worked perfectly.
Audio from OE4RLC SDR - 20m band - One day before the contest
However, audio streaming in the club was always interrupted after a couple of
minutes. Then I realize that internet connection is not stable. Nothing to do
with that, I forgot about the idea!
Radio
propagation was bad and I was surprised getting "unusual" signal levels from
Europe. A quick look at
http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ Website showed a G2 Level Geomagnetic Storm
and an R1 Radio blackout. Now it's clear!
I made some good runs on 20m. 15m was open for about 2 hours or so during the
day. I made quick QSYs to 10m to check any sudden opening; it was the desert
there!
Due to hot weather and some commitments, I could only make 21 operating hours
out of 36.
For the second consecutive time, WAEDC CW came during the holy month of Ramadhan.
Fasting made the contest really tough and I lost some best-rate hours when I
felt obliged to close my eyes and have a nap.
Guests I found when I came to the club...
The objective was to make 2000 Qs and/or 2 million points, however, this wasn't
reachable as the strategy and plannning weren't properly set. I finished up the
contest with about 440 QTCs that were left un-sold. Neglecting QTCs and
maximizing QSOs at the begining of the contest wasn't the best approach.
Thanks for Marijan 9A1MB who is visiting Tunisia for his visit to 3V8SS Radio
Club on Friday morning and for helping me installing the Windom antenna for 80.0.
Conditions were so bad compared to the SSB leg of CQ WPX Contest. I couldn't
make the usual W/VE run on 15 neither on 20. However, JA was workable all over
the day. Condx was slightly better on Day 2.
I only could operate 28 hours due to interfering stuff. WPXs were few as I only
S&P for half an hour.
Only one QSO was made on 80 using the 40m GP as the 80/160 antenna is not yet
connected to the new shack.
This is the kind of contests I admire; a lot of activity but LP stations can
find their places in the bands... I can clearly "see" openings to far away areas
(JA, W/VE, etc.) and manage pile-ups accordingly. This is not possible during CQ
Contests for exemple where finding a free QRG becomes a dream!
After being second worldwide in last year's contest (SOAB LP SSB), the objective
for this year is to occupy the first place. Breaking the record was my second
objective. My claimed score breaks the record set by LZ9W back in 2004 (4444440
pts). Let's cross the fingers so that the cross checking will go ok! :-)
My participation in the SSB leg of ARRL DX Contest was mainly for having more
points in the qualification race to WRTC2014. As I have many things interfering
here, 9-hours was all the time I could afford to this contest.
The big surprise was 10m! This contest witnessed my first QSO ever with W/VE on
10. On Satuday, I tried a quick move to 10 with K5ZD but nothing heard. However,
Sunday showed a fantastic opening to NA. I was astonished seeing all these poeple
calling me on 10.
I wonder what's happening on 20! I was calling for several minutes but in vain,
except some few QSOs that never generated a pileup. Probably the time is not
well chosen but also W/VE Stations weren't as loud as during few weeks ago.
Thanks to everyone for calling me. Again, what a disciplined W/VE Operators! You
brought the pileup to an ultimate joy thanks to your excellent operating
behavior!
This is my first contest after the revolution of the brave Tunisian people. The
situation is getting much better over here but we still have a curfew starting
21z.
For me, this contest is a discovering opportunity of Top Band. I never gave it
such amount of time.
I prepared everything to have a full night time contest operation in order to
better understand the propagation on 160. Thanks to Al 4L5A, Gunter DJ9CB and
Andy DJ7IK for all discussions and advices regarding contesting on 160. That was
very helpful.
One thing that I missed is a dedicated RX antenna. Using 160m GP, the noise
level was high. The only solution I found is to use the 40m GP for noise
attenuation. Even that this antenna can't hear well, many stations couldn't be
copied through the noise without it.
Another time, the "sleep storing" theory proves its efficiency even if it
remained a theory and couldn't be proved scientifically. For the whole week
proceeding the contest, I was having enough sleeping hours (more than needed
sometimes) and this gave good results during the contest in terms of
concentration and allowed me to forget about sleeping (for a long while!).
The targets for this contest were 2000 QSOs and/or 2 million points. The target
for DXCCs was 300. Special care, time & effort were given to DX chasing by S&P. I had nice
catches (S7, OX, HC8, 8R, etc.). That was great working new ones!
As my Spiderbeam rotator is not functional anymore, I was running up to the roof
(2 floors) to turn it manually and then down to the shack... I can't remember
how many times I did this, it was fun and it was "real" radio sport! :)
Conditions were excellent on high bands, with amazing 10m; but 40/80/160 were
very crowded and very noisy. Seems like people are pushing huge power out of
their antennas. It was unavoidable sometimes to work out of the bands.
I gave a first ever serious try this time to 160. It was too hard to work on but
it gave me some precious multis! My 100 watts didn't allow me to call CQ on top
band, I only S&P and call several times to let people recognize my call.
At final, this is my best contest ever! I'm very excited with what has been done.
Thanks for everyone who called me!
It was "Aid El Fitr" (one of the two Islamic
ceremonies) here on Friday. I normally spend it with
my family and visiting relatives. However, an
addicted contester don't allow himself not to be on
radio when bands are burning during a contest! So, I
visited all my relatives during the morning then
traveled back to Sousse city then directly to the
radio club.
It was raining on Thursday... I had a look on the
weather satellite maps... no rain is expected
anymore... Low bands should be ok with zero sunspots
and zero lightning.
I tried to optimize the operating time between
operating and rest taken into account propagation
conditions as I enjoy "comfortable" operation. 15
and 10 were dead on DAY 1, but 15 was slightly
opened on DAY 2. Most of the effort was put on 20.
This was a "Ramadhan Style"
contest operation. As we're fasting during daytime,
it was a good opportunity to put some effort at
night on low bands (and get more multipliers'
weight!).
I'm satisfied with the score I
made... I think I did well especially that no
caffeine was feeding my brain to stay awake at
daytime! :)
Contest : Worked All Europe DX-Contest
Callsign : 3V8SS
Mode : CW
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Band(s) : All bands (AB)
Class : Low Power (LP)
Operating time : 26h41
BAND QSO DUP MLTS QTC POINTS AVG
-----------------------------------------
80 120 0 23 20 139 0.99
40 335 0 35 150 482 0.99
20 571 0 36 657 1226 1.00
15 222 0 25 460 680 0.99
10 193 0 27 40 233 1.00
-----------------------------------------
TOTAL 1441 0 373 1327 2760 1.92
=========================================
I got the license for the special
call two days before the contest. I thought about
having more than one station QRV in 3V8SS QTH,
however, this wasn't possible due to operators
availability and lack of equipment (especially
antennas). So the idea was to have 3V8HQ active for
the first time ever in IARU Contest, even with one
station/one operator (and low power!).
The goal was to make as much QSOs
as possible to maximize score, but also to train in
how to maintain a high QSO rates in both SSB and CW.
Moreover, it's my first experience with mixed mode.
I can see now how mode switching be benefic for mind
rest.
The improvement in my CW
operating skills is clear from a contest to another.
In this contest, I could reach a rate 97 QSOs/h in
CW. Callsign recognition from the first call became
more frequent and I'm more able to concentrate for a
long time.
Some pile-ups were never ending
despite that DX Cluster is not allowed.
The WRTC 2010 was held during the
IARU HF Championship this year. It was exciting for
me to call contesters taking part in this radio
sport marathon.
Taking part in this year's WPX CW contest wouldn't
be possible if I couldn't reduce the side tone volume in
my headset. As this adjustment wasn't possible from
the front controls, I was obliged to open the TS450S
and adjust a variable resistance inside it.
No rest was possible before the contest; I spent the
4 days preceding the contest in the Tunisian desert
for business. I arrived back home 1 hour before the
contest starts. I was tired during the whole contest
and I only could make 26 hours. Night operation was
so difficult to me. Only few QSOs were made on the
low bands. It was raining on Night 2 and noise level
was high on 40 and 80 due to thunderstorms.
10m band was continuously open.
No major DX was noticed on the bands. Pileup was
mainly by European or Russian stations.
I'm satisfied with the score I achieved, however I
surely could make much better.
Contest
: CQ World Wide WPX Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: CW
Category :
Single Operator (SO)
Overlay
: ---
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... :
Locator
:
Operating time : 25h25
The score I achieved this year is
about 3 times the one of last year thanks to the new
equipment I used (sponored by 3V3S team). The verticals for 80 and 40 worked
well. I had a problem with my spiderbeam obliged me
to keep it at low height and limited its rotation to
only about +/- 30 degrees from the north. I wasn't
able to exactly beam to America or Japan. I
sometimes used the 1/4 Wave Vertical for south
America and US contacts.
I enjoyed the 30hours spent in this contest. Thanks
to EVERYONE who called me!
Contest
: CQ World Wide WPX Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: PHONE
Category :
Single Operator (SO) Assisted
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Operating time : 30h29
I used Wintest v4 coupled to MMTTY and
it worked perfectly. I really loved all the features
and especilly call/SN recognition and automatic
input into log. Operating is very easy using
keyboard or mouse.
Bands were so crowded (comparable to CQWW RTTY)
especially on 40 and 20 with minor activity on 15
and a dead 10m.
Contest
: ARRL RTTY Round-Up
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: RTTY
Category :
Single Operator (SO) Assisted
Overlay
: ---
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : DX
Locator
:
Operating time : 13h46
Preparations for the
activity started 3 months before with Andy DJ7IK
(Team Leader) in order to organize a DXPedition
consisting of 5 German amateurs to activate 3V8SS
and to take part in CQWW CW Contest. Special call
was allocated to the event (3V3S). We took part in
the contest as M/S LP Category. We we're using 3
stations (One running and 2 Multiplier stations). I
was operating only from Multiplier Stations.
Me & Andy DJ7IK in Multiplier
Stations
Here below our results:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
------------------------------
160: 50 7
41
80: 789 12
68
40: 1482 28
93
20: 1355 36
113
15: 439 30
85
10: 240 7
29
------------------------------
Total: 4355 12
429
Total Score = 7,099,119
Antennas used
(sponsored by the german team): - Spiderbeam
for 20m-10m - Vertical 40m GP - Vertical 80m/160m GP
For more information, please visit
3V3S website at
http://3v3s.tk
Propagation on 15m band
was amazing with some sunspots that made the world
happy!
As planned, I run both days' full daytime hours
(from 6z to 19z). I was spotted many times and
Europe pile-ups are always here. I reached 240 QSO/h
during 10 minutes in which I made 40 QSOs! Very
Exciting!
Three 3V-stations were on the air during this
contest; Me @ 3V8SS, Bilel @ 3V8SF (SO-20) and TS9A
Team @ 3V8BB.
Only my home made Quarter Wavelenght Vertical was
used during this operation. I'm still proud of it!
:) Many reported that my signal was booming in
Europe and the States. JA's were nicely heard
at the first hours of the morning, however not
easily workable! It was a great pleasure working W6,
HI, VK4.
I was so optimistic to fix the target at 1000 QSOs
but conditions allowed much more... I finished with
1573 QSOs which is a record for me! Thanks God!
Contest
: CQ World Wide DX Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: PHONE
Category :
Single Operator (SO) Assisted
Band(s)
: Single band (SB) 15 m
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : 33
Operating time : 23h37
It was planned that I'll
take part in this contest as SOAB (LP of course
because HP is not allowed in 3V-Land). I started
operating in all bands, but then I realized that,
with such an antenna for 20/40/80 I will not have a
good ranking in AB Category... So, in the second day
I decided to keep focus on 15m only. The band was
nicely open (especially Day 2). There was a
surprising short opening to JA in the morning.
I experienced the SB operation for the first time
and I really enjoyed "extreme" S&P and detailed band
scanning. I got some wonderful catches like DP1POL
(Antarctica), FT5GO Glorioso DXPedition, KG6DX
(Guam).
Being the only station to give 3V Multiplier greatly
helped me.
The software I used is MixW 2.19 (See
Screenshot of the QSO with KG6DX). Audio Cable
with ACC2 Connector kindly offered by Lars, DF1LON.
BAND QSO CQ DXC
ST
POINTS
-------------------------------
80
40
20
15
478
21
64141424
10
-------------------------------
TOTAL
478
21
64141424
===============================
TOTAL SCORE :
140 976
Learned lessons for future RTTY Contests:
- Foresee the maximum number of Macros (for S&P,
Pile-up...). Precise answer make you win time!
- Foresee adequate additional cooling device for
your TRX!
The whole log is
submitted to contest commitee (Don't worry guys!)
and only 15m will be considered. It's also
uploaded to LotW.
WAEDC SSB this year came during the month of
Ramadhan were Muslims fast. The challenge was to
overcome thrust, fatigue and sleeping.
I red an article of Dick WC1M talking about Sleep
Deprivation. A part of this article talk about
getting enough sleep before contest or "storing
sleep". I did this during the last two days before
the contest and it gave good results!
Conditions on the bands were VERY poor! I relied on
low bands but traffic was difficult. 80m
disappointed me! It was too noisy!
20m is still my station's pet hate! Short opening
Sunday on 15m then condition rapidly dropped down.
Contest
: Worked All Europe DX-Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: PHONE
Category :
Single Operator (SO) Assisted
Overlay
: ---
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Operating time : 13h42
BAND QSO DUP MLTS QTC
POINTS AVG
-----------------------------------------
80 22 0
7 0
22 1.00
40 275 0
44 154 429
1.00
20 148 0
28 168 316
1.00
15 214 1
26 310 523
1.00
10 0
0 0 0
0 0.00
-----------------------------------------
TOTAL 659 1
105 632 1290 1.96
=========================================
TOTAL SCORE : 345 720 Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg
calculations
My participation in this contest was just
a training and preparation for CQ Contests.
Temperature was so high in the shack. It was NEVER a
comfortable operation. My average QSO rate was
considerably improved during this contest and
reached 60 QSOs per hour. No QTC was received/sent,
this is what explains the low score.
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: CW
Category :
Single Operator (SO) Assisted
Overlay
: ---
Band(s) : All bands (AB)
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Operating time : 10h04
Before starting the contest, the target
was 200 QSOs as it is my first serious participation
in CW contests.
QSO rate was poor on saturday morning (around 16
QSO/h) but after miday, it exceeded 30 QSO/h and
reached 44 QSO/h at 18z (it was the peak).
15 & 20m were the best! It was also great for me to
get two digit numbers in the 10 meter column!
Over 250 QSOs were done on Saturday at 18h. After
having a shower and a cup of milk, targets were
re-set to 400 QSOs.
For the rest of the contest, QSO rate was varying
from 10 to 30 QSO/h.
A QSO with 3V9A (YT1AD) was not possible without a
notification SMS. The pile-up on his QRG was
enormous! He was skilled enough to handle the 150
QSO/h! He told me later that this is his best result
since he was activating 3V8BB. He made over 4600
QSOs!
Due to loss of concentration and being overcome with
fatigue, I stopped the contest sunday on 18z with
563 QSOs in the log; much more than expected!
Contest
: CQ World Wide WPX Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: CW
Category :
Single Operator (SO) Assisted
Overlay
: ---
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class : Low Power (LP)
Operating time : 24h40
CQ WPX SSB this year was the first ever
for me. I hadn't the opportunity before to take part
in due to studies.
It was well prepared thanks to the RDXC which was
one week before and allowed better understanding of
the actual propagation conditions.
Using WinTest Software really helped me in this
challenge especially that it was connected to the
internet. I loved the band map feature.
I also used HamCap for propagation predition. Very
accurate results!
I started operating at 11z after finishing with my
job. It was a bit late for 15m but 20m "was money
and most of the activity was there" as Al 4L5A
expected!
Working on Low bands was so hard. In the second day,
the expanded 40m was amazing and the expected QSO
number on this band exceeded the targets.
Only one QSO was made on 10m with V55X. Both we use
100W!
A total operating time of 29h was performed. Here
are my detailled results:
Contest
: CQ World Wide WPX Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
:
PHONE
Category :
Single Operator (SO)
Overlay
: ---
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class : Low Power (LP)
Operating time : 29h
As expected, the Russian DX Contest was
exceptional this year as it is the final qualifier
for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships in
Russia. Big activity on the bands.
Propagation was very bad "as expected". 10m band
dead! 15m showed some slight openings but closes
very soon.
I made 21h40 of operating time during which
I performed about 700 Q's and more than 1 million
points! A good result for me comparing to the used
antennas (Inverted-V and a Quater wavelenght
Vertical).
For the first time in this contest, I was assisted
by DX Cluster. This helped me finding new
multipliers. I spotted my self only ONE time, just
to check propagation, but it's a pity to find others
spotting them selves continously.
2008 CW Contest was my first ever
contest using Morse Code. Bands were so crowded
especially on the low bands. 10 & 15m were almost
dead. The G5RV wasn't optimized to work on 20M. I
concentrated on 40 and 80m bands. Here are my
claimed results:
I worked only about 7 hours/48 and this is due to
the quick loose of concentration. I must thank all
the OMs with whom I made QSOs for their patience and
for working QRS for me.
The CQ WW SSB DX Contest was finished and time is now to
evaluate the work and compare with previous contest
results.
It is known that the solar cycle is passing by its
lowest level and it is not surprising to encounter
very bad propagation conditions in most of the
bands. Condition were poorer than in last year's
contest.
'Apparently the skip was going right over our heads'
Moreover, if you didn't well prepared the contest,
results will never be as you dream.
Only a G5RV was used during the contest. It worked
good at 80, 40 and 15m bands but with an SWR of 1.5
on 20M.
Here are my claimed results:
Contest
: CQ World Wide DX Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: PHONE
Category :
Multi Operator - Single Transmitter (MS)
Overlay
: Radio club
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : 33
Operating time : 21h26
I participated with my friend Halim in the CQ WW SSB
Contest 2007 from the scout radio club station 3V8SS
in Sousse city, for two days (27-28 October). Here
are our claimed scores:
Contest
: CQ World Wide DX Contest
Callsign :
3V8SS
Mode
: PHONE
Category :
Multi Operator-Single Transmitter (MS)
Overlay
: ---
Band(s)
: All bands (AB)
Class
: Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/... : 33
Operating time : 17h12
We really enjoyed participating in this big contest.
We noted a nice opening on both 15 and 20m bands.
Also some openings on 10m. The Low bands were
extremely crowded.
We were using a KENWOOD TS-440 and a G5RV. Some
problems appeared in the logging software (CT by
K1EA) due to the change of summer time.
Call: 3V8SS Location: Sousse City, Tunisia Address: Maison de Scout Avenue Abou Jihed 4011 Hammam Sousse Locator: JM55hu LONG: 10.5941 E
LAT: 35.85662 N
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