March 2006

Again a typical march contest: Tons of snow, an unreachable QTH, a very cold
night, a slow pace on the bands, lousy condx and certainly also some murphy.

Situated directly beside a (cleared) main road about 1km from our usual QTH, we
were able to setup all of our equipment. Only the new 2m transverter died and had
to be replaced with the good old LT2S at the very beginning of the contest. We
were very low on people, so there were some hours on 70/23/13 when no operator was
available. From 2-7 UTC we closed down all stations completely. While QSO numbers
were quite OK, the average km/QSO was disappointing. As always in march, all those
tons of DLs calling us were our bread and butter. A nice thing was the rather high
number of SP-stations in the log on 2m. Keep on with that, guys!

Pictures:

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Contest Report from DR5A in JO30EM at 144 MHz

March 2006 QSOs 2m

Contest : Region I Standard Contest
Date    : 2006 Mar 04 to 2006 Mar 05
Section : Multi

Co-OPs  : DL1ECG DF1LON DK3OS DK2CRN DH6JR DL1ELY

TX      : FT1000MP+Transverter+PA, 750w W
RX      : FT1000MP+Transverter
Antenna : 4x9el vert. stacked, 7 mAGL, 620 mASL
Log     : Tucnak 1.23 and 1.24, Statistics: Taclog 1.991

QSOs    :  611
-invalid:    0                                       Points/valid QSO
-valid  :  611     QSO-points (*1)    :    171397                 281
WWLs    :   68     WWL bonus (0)      :         0                   0
DXCCs   :   14     DXCC bonus (0)     :         0                   0
------------------------------              ------
Total score        :    171397                 281

ODX     : OM3KHE in JN99JC at 904 km

Worked World Wide Locators:
IN98:   1   JN38:   4   JN78:   1   JO11:   3   JO42:  19   JO61:  18
IN99:   1   JN39:  17   JN79:   7   JO20:  15   JO43:  17   JO62:  13
IO90:   2   JN45:   1   JN87:   1   JO21:  21   JO44:   4   JO63:   4
IO91:  10   JN46:   2   JN88:   2   JO22:   3   JO46:   1   JO64:   2
IO92:   1   JN47:   6   JN89:   1   JO23:   2   JO50:  29   JO65:   1
IO93:   1   JN48:  15   JN99:   2   JO30:  37   JO51:  14   JO70:   1
JN09:   2   JN49:  31   JO00:   1   JO31: 120   JO52:   9   JO71:   9
JN18:   1   JN58:   6   JO01:   3   JO32:  10   JO53:  10   JO72:   4
JN19:   2   JN59:  13   JO02:   4   JO33:   2   JO54:  10   JO73:   5
JN28:   1   JN67:   2   JO03:   1   JO40:  31   JO55:   1   JO80:   1
JN29:   2   JN68:   8   JO10:  10   JO41:  11   JO60:   9   JO81:   1
JN37:   2   JN69:  10

Worked DXCCs:
DL  : 470   HB  :   6   OE  :   3   OM  :   3   OZ  :   2   SM  :   1
F   :  15   I   :   1   OK  :  21   ON  :  40   PA  :  18   SP  :   7
G   :  23   LX  :   1

Top 10 QSO-points:
20060305 1102 OM3KHE         59   552 59   387        JN99JC      904
20060305 1109 OM2VL          559  554 599  383        JN87WV      884
20060305 0055 OK2KJT         559  414 599  351        JN99AJ      844
20060305 0710 OM3KII         52   447 59   287        JN88RT      820
20060305 0724 OK3A           57   453 59   181        JN88JX      768
20060305 1258 SP3RNW         55   595 59   055        JO81GQ      722
20060305 0206 SN6W           559  431 559  178        JO80FQ      712
20060305 0020 OK2ZT          57   411 59   186        JN89BH      711
20060305 0100 SK7MW          559  415 559  074        JO65MJ      702
20060305 1036 OZ8ZS          55   532 55   007        JO55RT      679

Contest Report from DR5A in JO30EM at 432 MHz

March 2006 QSOs 70cm

Contest : Region I Standard Contest
Date    : 2006 Mar 04 to 2006 Mar 05
Section : Multi

Co-OPs  : DL1ECG DF1LON DK2CRN DL1ELY DK3OS DH6JR

TX      : TS850+Transverter+PA, 750w W
RX      : TS850+Transverter+Preamp
Antenna : 8x11el vert. stacked, 7 mAGL, 620 mASL
Log     : Tucnak 1.23 and 1.24, Statistics: Taclog 1.991

QSOs    :  177
-invalid:    0                                       Points/valid QSO
-valid  :  177     QSO-points (*1)    :     34369                 194
WWLs    :   37     WWL bonus (0)      :         0                   0
DXCCs   :    8     DXCC bonus (0)     :         0                   0
------------------------------              ------
Total score        :     34369                 194

ODX     : OK1CID in JO80CA at 701 km

Worked World Wide Locators:
IO91:   1   JO01:   1   JO22:   1   JO41:   3   JO51:   3   JO61:   2
JN29:   2   JO02:   1   JO30:  24   JO42:   9   JO52:   3   JO62:   2
JN39:   5   JO10:   1   JO31:  71   JO43:   4   JO53:   3   JO64:   1
JN47:   1   JO11:   2   JO32:   3   JO44:   2   JO54:   1   JO71:   1
JN49:   2   JO20:   5   JO33:   2   JO45:   1   JO56:   1   JO73:   1
JN59:   1   JO21:   4   JO40:   6   JO50:   3   JO60:   1   JO80:   2
JN68:   1

Worked DXCCs:
DL  : 149   G   :   3   OK  :   2   ON  :   8   OZ  :   2   PA  :  10
F   :   2   OE  :   1

Top 10 QSO-points:
20060304 2042 OK1CID         55   092 59   039        JO80CA      701
20060304 2045 OK1NOR         55   093 59   069        JO80CA      701
20060305 1354 OZ9PZ          51   174 54   012        JO56EE      684
20060305 1047 DM0Y           53   130 53   071        JO73CF      616
20060304 1911 DL8UWE         57   078 59   037        JO71DT      571
20060305 1008 OE5D           55   125 55   090        JN68PC      569
20060305 1344 DL0BWS         52   170 59   016        JO64EB      567
20060304 1901 OZ6HY          53   073 53   004        JO45WA      553
20060305 1031 DJ8MS          55   127 55   013        JO54VC      543
20060304 1853 DL3LAB         59   071 59   009        JO44XS      531

Contest Report from DR5A in JO30EM at 1,3 GHz

March 2006 QSOs 23cm

Contest : Region I Standard Contest
Date    : 2006 Mar 04 to 2006 Mar 05
Section : Multi

Co-OPs  : DL1ECG DF1LON DK2CRN DK3OS DL1ELY DH6JR

TX      : TS850+Transverter+PA, 180w W
RX      : TS850+Transverter+Preamp
Antenna : 1.2m dish, 7 mAGL, 620 mASL
Log     : Tucnak 1.23 and 1.24, Statistics: Taclog 1.991

QSOs    :   90
-invalid:    0                                       Points/valid QSO
-valid  :   90     QSO-points (*1)    :     15419                 171
WWLs    :   22     WWL bonus (0)      :         0                   0
DXCCs   :    5     DXCC bonus (0)     :         0                   0
------------------------------              ------
Total score        :     15419                 171

ODX     : DM0Y in JO73CF at 616 km

Worked World Wide Locators:
JN29:   1   JO20:   2   JO31:  39   JO41:   1   JO52:   1   JO61:   2
JN39:   1   JO21:   7   JO32:   2   JO42:   7   JO53:   2   JO62:   1
JN48:   2   JO22:   2   JO33:   3   JO43:   1   JO54:   1   JO73:   1
JN49:   2   JO30:   8   JO40:   2   JO50:   2

Worked DXCCs:
DL  :  71   F   :   1   LX  :   1   ON  :   3   PA  :  14

Top 10 QSO-points:
20060305 0711 DM0Y           52   057 52   024        JO73CF      616
20060305 1052 DJ8MS          54   070 55   004        JO54VC      543
20060305 1039 DL1SUN         559  069 559  028        JO53PN      477
20060305 1314 DF0YY          55   089 57   073        JO62GD      465
20060304 2326 DF0MTL         559  055 559  028        JO61JF      457
20060305 1229 DR5Y           529  082 549  017        JO61BQ      422
20060304 1606 DK1CB          53   021 55   001        JO53CL      421
20060305 0937 DK0NA          59   068 59   047        JO50TI      373
20060305 0917 DK6AS          57   066 57   059        JO52JJ      371
20060304 2151 DL0GTH/P       55   049 57   070        JO50RK      360

Contest Report from DR5A in JO30EM at 2,3 GHz

March 2006 QSOs 13cm

Contest : Region I Standard Contest
Date    : 2006 Mar 04 to 2006 Mar 05
Section : Multi

Co-OPs  : DL1ELY DL1ECG DK3OS DF1LON DK2CRN DH6JR

TX      : TS790+Transverter+PA, 40w W
RX      : TS790+Transverter+Preamp
Antenna : 1.2m dish, 7 mAGL, 620 mASL
Log     : Tucnak 1.23 and 1.24, Statistics: Taclog 1.991

QSOs    :   28
-invalid:    0                                       Points/valid QSO
-valid  :   28     QSO-points (*1)    :      5490                 196
WWLs    :   11     WWL bonus (0)      :         0                   0
DXCCs   :    2     DXCC bonus (0)     :         0                   0
------------------------------              ------
Total score        :      5490                 196

ODX     : DL1SUN in JO53PN at 477 km

Worked World Wide Locators:
JN49:   2   JO22:   2   JO31:  11   JO33:   1   JO52:   1   JO62:   1
JO21:   3   JO30:   2   JO32:   1   JO50:   2   JO53:   2

Worked DXCCs:
DL  :  21   PA  :   7

Top 10 QSO-points:
20060305 1044 DL1SUN         519  023 559  013        JO53PN      477
20060305 1318 DF0YY          519  028 519  030        JO62GD      465
20060304 1609 DK1CB          55   005 53   001        JO53CL      421
20060305 0938 DK0NA          59   022 59   021        JO50TI      373
20060305 0927 DK6AS          559  021 559  024        JO52JJ      371
20060304 2153 DL0GTH/P       559  015 559  023        JO50RK      360
20060304 2237 PI9A           55   017 52   022        JO33FB      283
20060304 2159 PA6NL          53   016 51   019        JO21BX      226
20060304 1547 PA5DD          54   004 53   006        JO22IC      211
20060304 1512 PA0EZ          559  002 559  003        JO22OF      207

Contest Report from DR5A in JO30EM at 10 GHz

March 2006 QSOs 3cm

Contest : Region I Standard Contest
Date    : 2006 Mar 04 to 2006 Mar 05
Section : Multi

Co-OPs  : DL1ELY DL1ECG DK2CRN DF1LON DK3OS DH6JR

TX      : FT290+Transverter+PA, 10w W
RX      : FT290+Transverter+Preamp
Antenna : 70cm dish, 12 mAGL, 625 mASL
Log     : Tucnak 1.23 and 1.24, Statistics: Taclog 1.991

QSOs    :    9
-invalid:    0                                       Points/valid QSO
-valid  :    9     QSO-points (*1)    :      1177                 131
WWLs    :    5     WWL bonus (0)      :         0                   0
DXCCs   :    2     DXCC bonus (0)     :         0                   0
------------------------------              ------
Total score        :      1177                 131

ODX     : PI9A in JO33FB at 283 km

Worked World Wide Locators:
JO21:   2   JO30:   3   JO31:   2   JO32:   1   JO33:   1

Worked DXCCs:
DL  :   5   PA  :   4

Top 9 QSO-points:
20060304 2241 PI9A           51   006 59   014        JO33FB      283
20060305 0809 DK2MN          55   007 55   012        JO32PC      188
20060304 2039 PA0BAT         59   005 56   013        JO31FX      163
20060305 1140 DH8AG          559  008 519  010        JO31RL      131
20060305 1211 PI4TUE         599  009 599  012        JO21RK      121
20060304 1544 PA0WMX         59   002 59   007        JO21XI       98
20060304 1739 DC8UG          59   004 59   001        JO30UH       98
20060304 1627 DJ6TA          55   003 57   003        JO30MS       55
20060304 1446 DJ5BV          59   001 56   002        JO30KI       40