July 2007
Well - a nice contest! We managed to replace the broken parts of the 23/13cm system that was destroyed after June contest, and all worked well on that bands. The biggest problem was a faulty FT290 transceiver used on 3cm: It blew the fuse as soon as we connected it to the power supply. At least one capacitor was burnt. We had to replace it with a FT790 and use another 50m of coax to bring the power down to a level suitable to drive the transverter. On the other hand, that did not really help on RX.
After a stormy friday, the weekend was nice with much sun, except for the very last 10 minutes while packing up things on sunday evening, when we got really wet. Bad luck! Beside that, we used our new caravan trailer for the first time, and had to set up some initial things there. But it is really nice and a little bit bigger than the old one, and we can enjoy proper operating positions on the microwave bands now, and nice power and ethernet cabling through the trailer.
Again, we suffered from a little too low number of operators, so the microwave bands suffered a little bit from that. Conditions seemed fine especially to the east, we never worked so many OM stations on 2m with decent signals on SSB, and we also never managed before to work 7 S5-stations. Altogether, that lead to a new record average-points-per-QSO ratio of 358km per QSO. On 13cm, we could push our all-time ODX from 751km (OE3XXA in June contest) to 820km (OM5M now with a impressive 4-band-QSO 2m-13cm). As always in July, the number of participants from G, OZ, HB and OK was way above average, while the number of DL-stations was down from other events.
Contest Report of DR5A in JO30EM on 144 MHz =========================================== Contest : Juli Kontest Date : Jul 2007 QSOs : 669 -invalid: 0 valid : 669 Squares : 86 DXCC : 18 Points : 239.621 Avg. QRB: 358,2 km/QSO ODX : 9A5Y, JN85PO at 977 km Place : 6/77 86 Squares: IO80: 2 0% ( 1387 pts 1%) IO81: 2 0% ( 1248 pts 1%) IO82: 4 1% ( 2646 pts 1%) IO83: 1 0% ( 660 pts 0%) IO86: 1 0% ( 923 pts 0%) IO90: 2 0% ( 1002 pts 0%) IO91: 13 2% ( 6459 pts 3%) IO92: 7 1% ( 3779 pts 2%) IO93: 5 1% ( 3016 pts 1%) JN07: 1 0% ( 494 pts 0%) JN08: 5 1% ( 2145 pts 1%) JN09: 1 0% ( 458 pts 0%) JN15: 2 0% ( 1198 pts 0%) JN18: 4 1% ( 1372 pts 1%) JN19: 2 0% ( 553 pts 0%) JN27: 1 0% ( 363 pts 0%) JN28: 1 0% ( 248 pts 0%) JN29: 5 1% ( 743 pts 0%) JN36: 2 0% ( 839 pts 0%) JN37: 11 2% ( 4061 pts 2%) JN38: 2 0% ( 437 pts 0%) JN39: 10 1% ( 1348 pts 1%) JN44: 2 0% ( 1331 pts 1%) JN45: 1 0% ( 584 pts 0%) JN47: 11 2% ( 4240 pts 2%) JN48: 18 3% ( 5341 pts 2%) JN49: 16 2% ( 3327 pts 1%) JN54: 1 0% ( 792 pts 0%) JN55: 1 0% ( 657 pts 0%) JN57: 5 1% ( 2341 pts 1%) JN58: 15 2% ( 6160 pts 3%) JN59: 6 1% ( 2206 pts 1%) JN65: 1 0% ( 803 pts 0%) JN66: 1 0% ( 747 pts 0%) JN68: 5 1% ( 2495 pts 1%) JN69: 17 3% ( 8365 pts 3%) JN75: 1 0% ( 790 pts 0%) JN76: 4 1% ( 3144 pts 1%) JN78: 2 0% ( 1202 pts 1%) JN79: 13 2% ( 8084 pts 3%) JN85: 1 0% ( 977 pts 0%) JN86: 1 0% ( 836 pts 0%) JN87: 1 0% ( 884 pts 0%) JN88: 7 1% ( 5539 pts 2%) JN89: 5 1% ( 3736 pts 2%) JN98: 1 0% ( 907 pts 0%) JN99: 5 1% ( 4348 pts 2%) JO00: 1 0% ( 347 pts 0%) JO01: 12 2% ( 5075 pts 2%) JO02: 7 1% ( 2914 pts 1%) JO03: 1 0% ( 527 pts 0%) JO10: 16 2% ( 3457 pts 1%) JO11: 9 1% ( 1975 pts 1%) JO20: 19 3% ( 2039 pts 1%) JO21: 15 2% ( 2185 pts 1%) JO22: 11 2% ( 2620 pts 1%) JO23: 2 0% ( 604 pts 0%) JO30: 26 4% ( 1681 pts 1%) JO31: 69 10% ( 7297 pts 3%) JO32: 10 1% ( 2224 pts 1%) JO33: 7 1% ( 2187 pts 1%) JO40: 21 3% ( 3701 pts 2%) JO41: 14 2% ( 2901 pts 1%) JO42: 17 3% ( 4626 pts 2%) JO43: 12 2% ( 4385 pts 2%) JO44: 3 0% ( 1520 pts 1%) JO45: 6 1% ( 3495 pts 1%) JO46: 2 0% ( 1318 pts 1%) JO50: 29 4% ( 9589 pts 4%) JO51: 22 3% ( 7643 pts 3%) JO52: 7 1% ( 2449 pts 1%) JO53: 5 1% ( 2301 pts 1%) JO54: 3 0% ( 1587 pts 1%) JO55: 3 0% ( 1948 pts 1%) JO57: 1 0% ( 810 pts 0%) JO60: 19 3% ( 8795 pts 4%) JO61: 25 4% (12102 pts 5%) JO62: 14 2% ( 7320 pts 3%) JO63: 1 0% ( 555 pts 0%) JO65: 3 0% ( 2107 pts 1%) JO70: 14 2% ( 8631 pts 4%) JO71: 7 1% ( 4162 pts 2%) JO72: 4 1% ( 2352 pts 1%) JO73: 1 0% ( 616 pts 0%) JO80: 5 1% ( 3603 pts 2%) JO82: 1 0% ( 758 pts 0%) 18 DXCCs: 9A : 2 0% ( 1780 pts 1%) DL : 371 55% (105762 pts 44%) F : 29 4% ( 9545 pts 4%) G : 55 8% (28020 pts 12%) GM : 1 0% ( 923 pts 0%) GW : 1 0% ( 693 pts 0%) HB9 : 17 3% ( 6630 pts 3%) I : 5 1% ( 3364 pts 1%) LX : 3 0% ( 272 pts 0%) OE : 4 1% ( 2437 pts 1%) OK : 68 10% (40832 pts 17%) OM : 7 1% ( 5995 pts 3%) ON : 46 7% ( 7153 pts 3%) OZ : 14 2% ( 8752 pts 4%) PA : 33 5% ( 7607 pts 3%) S5 : 7 1% ( 5517 pts 2%) SM : 2 0% ( 1478 pts 1%) SP : 4 1% ( 2861 pts 1%) TOP 20 DX: Time Callsign TX RX Locator QRB ================================================== 23:20 9A5Y 559 390 419 410 JN85PO 977 18:01 GM4ZUK/P 59 187 59 015 IO86RW 923 08:58 OM7M 57 567 59 516 JN98HP 907 22:26 OM50KHE 59 365 59 426 JN99JC 904 02:50 OK2PVF 59 449 59 313 JN99JQ 890 01:53 OM8A 599 435 599 473 JN87WV 884 13:14 OK2KOG 52 657 59 343 JN99CJ 855 00:38 OK2KRT 55 413 559 407 JN99CL 853 13:00 OK2KYC 559 654 559 414 JN99BM 846 03:26 OM3KII 59 462 59 516 JN88UU 836 01:44 S57O 559 434 599 405 JN86DT 836 02:22 S57C 599 439 599 327 JN76PB 825 20:51 OM3TZZ 57 298 59 301 JN88OG 823 22:29 OM5M 59 367 59 482 JN88RS 821 22:05 OM3R 59 344 59 104 JN88RT 820 21:15 OZ5GX 59 314 55 073 JO57FJ 810 23:01 9A1P 559 380 559 172 JN65UF 803 04:53 I4VOS/4 59 482 59 167 JN54PF 792 22:48 S59DEM 55 377 51 345 JN75DS 790 07:58 OK2KWX 59 540 59 076 JN89QQ 790 ==================================================
Contest Report of DR5A in JO30EM on 432 MHz =========================================== Contest : Juli Kontest Date : Jul 2007 QSOs : 221 -invalid: 0 valid : 221 Squares : 52 DXCC : 13 Points : 69.312 Avg. QRB: 313,6 km/QSO ODX : SN9D, JN99MQ at 908 km Place : 5/48 52 Squares: IO80: 1 0% ( 624 pts 1%) IO92: 1 0% ( 552 pts 1%) JN37: 3 1% ( 1048 pts 2%) JN38: 1 0% ( 223 pts 0%) JN39: 2 1% ( 269 pts 0%) JN47: 4 2% ( 1442 pts 2%) JN48: 4 2% ( 1137 pts 2%) JN49: 7 3% ( 1265 pts 2%) JN54: 1 0% ( 789 pts 1%) JN57: 1 0% ( 461 pts 1%) JN58: 2 1% ( 901 pts 1%) JN59: 3 1% ( 1090 pts 2%) JN67: 1 0% ( 545 pts 1%) JN68: 3 1% ( 1535 pts 2%) JN69: 7 3% ( 3553 pts 5%) JN76: 1 0% ( 788 pts 1%) JN77: 1 0% ( 751 pts 1%) JN79: 4 2% ( 2416 pts 3%) JN87: 1 0% ( 884 pts 1%) JN88: 2 1% ( 1657 pts 2%) JN89: 1 0% ( 702 pts 1%) JN99: 4 2% ( 3509 pts 5%) JO01: 3 1% ( 1184 pts 2%) JO02: 1 0% ( 398 pts 1%) JO10: 1 0% ( 225 pts 0%) JO11: 1 0% ( 226 pts 0%) JO20: 6 3% ( 736 pts 1%) JO21: 4 2% ( 528 pts 1%) JO22: 2 1% ( 464 pts 1%) JO23: 1 0% ( 283 pts 0%) JO30: 12 5% ( 838 pts 1%) JO31: 43 19% ( 4253 pts 6%) JO32: 2 1% ( 452 pts 1%) JO33: 2 1% ( 636 pts 1%) JO40: 10 5% ( 1729 pts 2%) JO41: 4 2% ( 772 pts 1%) JO42: 10 5% ( 2722 pts 4%) JO43: 5 2% ( 1678 pts 2%) JO44: 1 0% ( 552 pts 1%) JO50: 14 6% ( 4496 pts 6%) JO51: 7 3% ( 2423 pts 3%) JO52: 3 1% ( 1070 pts 2%) JO53: 4 2% ( 1801 pts 3%) JO54: 2 1% ( 1040 pts 2%) JO56: 1 0% ( 684 pts 1%) JO60: 11 5% ( 5246 pts 8%) JO61: 8 4% ( 3866 pts 6%) JO62: 3 1% ( 1560 pts 2%) JO65: 1 0% ( 629 pts 1%) JO70: 1 0% ( 647 pts 1%) JO73: 1 0% ( 616 pts 1%) JO80: 2 1% ( 1417 pts 2%) 13 DXCCs: DL : 157 71% (38695 pts 56%) F : 1 0% ( 223 pts 0%) G : 6 3% ( 2758 pts 4%) HB9 : 3 1% ( 1119 pts 2%) I : 1 0% ( 789 pts 1%) OE : 2 1% ( 1320 pts 2%) OK : 23 10% (13031 pts 19%) OM : 4 2% ( 3445 pts 5%) ON : 8 4% ( 1109 pts 2%) OZ : 3 1% ( 1865 pts 3%) PA : 9 4% ( 1913 pts 3%) S5 : 1 0% ( 788 pts 1%) SP : 3 1% ( 2257 pts 3%) TOP 20 DX: Time Callsign TX RX Locator QRB ================================================== 13:18 SN9D 59 219 59 153 JN99MQ 908 20:44 OM50KHE 59 107 59 157 JN99JC 904 08:40 OM8A 559 155 559 224 JN87WV 884 21:57 OK2KRT 59 129 59 184 JN99CL 853 20:52 OK2KJT 59 112 59 115 JN99AJ 844 07:32 OM3KII 559 142 599 248 JN88UU 836 20:36 OM5M 59 104 59 168 JN88RS 821 11:58 IZ4BEH 59 204 59 081 JN54WL 789 22:16 S59R 599 134 599 136 JN76OM 788 12:32 OE3A 59 213 59 207 JN77XX 751 11:16 OL7M 59 196 59 327 JO80FG 715 21:17 SP9AHB/P 59 121 59 024 JO80DJ 702 20:56 OK5Z 59 113 59 164 JN89AK 702 14:17 OZ9PZ 57 002 57 004 JO56EE 684 12:59 OK2KGB 59 217 59 207 JN79QJ 656 11:18 SN7L 59 197 59 168 JO70SS 647 10:12 OZ7AMG/P 59 185 59 051 JO65AA 629 11:31 G4BRA/P 55 201 57 135 IO80ST 624 11:52 DG1BHA 559 203 55 011 JO73CF 616 21:55 OK1KJB 59 127 59 156 JN79IO 604 ==================================================
Contest Report of DR5A in JO30EM on 1,3 GHz =========================================== Contest : Juli Kontest Date : Jul 2007 QSOs : 86 -invalid: 0 valid : 86 Squares : 29 DXCC : 8 Points : 20.353 Avg. QRB: 236,7 km/QSO ODX : OM3KII, JN88UU at 836 km Place : 8/33 29 Squares: IO91: 1 1% ( 508 pts 2%) JN39: 1 1% ( 99 pts 0%) JN48: 2 2% ( 572 pts 3%) JN49: 1 1% ( 197 pts 1%) JN69: 1 1% ( 535 pts 3%) JN79: 1 1% ( 604 pts 3%) JN88: 2 2% ( 1657 pts 8%) JN89: 1 1% ( 702 pts 3%) JO01: 2 2% ( 771 pts 4%) JO11: 1 1% ( 226 pts 1%) JO20: 4 5% ( 485 pts 2%) JO21: 6 7% ( 913 pts 4%) JO22: 2 2% ( 400 pts 2%) JO23: 1 1% ( 283 pts 1%) JO30: 10 12% ( 637 pts 3%) JO31: 22 26% ( 2172 pts 11%) JO32: 2 2% ( 432 pts 2%) JO40: 2 2% ( 281 pts 1%) JO41: 1 1% ( 215 pts 1%) JO42: 6 7% ( 1582 pts 8%) JO43: 3 3% ( 1018 pts 5%) JO50: 4 5% ( 1301 pts 6%) JO51: 1 1% ( 347 pts 2%) JO52: 1 1% ( 371 pts 2%) JO53: 1 1% ( 421 pts 2%) JO60: 3 3% ( 1410 pts 7%) JO61: 2 2% ( 897 pts 4%) JO72: 1 1% ( 602 pts 3%) JO80: 1 1% ( 715 pts 4%) 8 DXCCs: DL : 57 66% (11176 pts 55%) F : 1 1% ( 122 pts 1%) G : 3 3% ( 1279 pts 6%) LX : 2 2% ( 153 pts 1%) OK : 6 7% ( 3500 pts 17%) OM : 2 2% ( 1657 pts 8%) ON : 3 3% ( 363 pts 2%) PA : 12 14% ( 2103 pts 10%) TOP 20 DX: Time Callsign TX RX Locator QRB ================================================== 08:18 OM3KII 519 059 599 097 JN88UU 836 22:59 OM5M 559 052 599 077 JN88RS 821 20:22 OL7M 559 039 599 076 JO80FG 715 17:42 OK5Z 559 028 559 041 JN89AK 702 00:36 OK1KJB 559 054 559 062 JN79IO 604 18:15 DK3WG 52 031 52 016 JO72GI 602 19:52 OK2M 57 036 59 035 JN69UN 535 10:13 G3MEH 52 074 54 033 IO91QS 508 01:24 OK1KIR 559 057 599 070 JO60PM 489 22:03 DM7A 59 049 59 129 JO60LK 466 00:57 DF0MTL 59 055 59 045 JO61JF 457 01:22 OK2KKW 559 056 559 011 JO60JJ 455 20:57 DR5Y 559 042 559 034 JO61ER 440 14:36 DK1CB 53 009 55 004 JO53CL 421 07:15 G0FBB/P 55 058 57 044 JO01LD 387 12:08 G0VHF/P 59 082 57 099 JO01PU 384 18:11 DK6AS 55 030 55 034 JO52JJ 371 17:33 DL1ATI 59 027 59 023 JO50SU 366 13:53 DH9NFM 59 086 59 080 JO50RF 362 15:38 DJ7JG 59 021 59 004 JO43BM 355 ==================================================
Contest Report of DR5A in JO30EM on 2,3 GHz =========================================== Contest : Juli Kontest Date : Jul 2007 QSOs : 29 -invalid: 0 valid : 29 Squares : 16 DXCC : 6 Points : 7.026 Avg. QRB: 242,3 km/QSO ODX : OM5M, JN88RS at 821 km Place : 4/15 16 Squares: JN49: 1 3% ( 197 pts 3%) JN88: 1 3% ( 821 pts 12%) JO20: 3 10% ( 363 pts 5%) JO21: 1 3% ( 166 pts 2%) JO30: 4 14% ( 284 pts 4%) JO31: 5 17% ( 582 pts 8%) JO32: 2 7% ( 432 pts 6%) JO40: 1 3% ( 125 pts 2%) JO42: 2 7% ( 497 pts 7%) JO43: 1 3% ( 355 pts 5%) JO50: 2 7% ( 679 pts 10%) JO51: 1 3% ( 347 pts 5%) JO52: 1 3% ( 371 pts 5%) JO53: 1 3% ( 421 pts 6%) JO60: 1 3% ( 489 pts 7%) JO61: 2 7% ( 897 pts 13%) 6 DXCCs: DL : 21 72% ( 4889 pts 70%) LX : 1 3% ( 54 pts 1%) OK : 1 3% ( 489 pts 7%) OM : 1 3% ( 821 pts 12%) ON : 3 10% ( 363 pts 5%) PA : 2 7% ( 410 pts 6%) TOP 10 DX: Time Callsign TX RX Locator QRB ================================================== 23:03 OM5M 559 023 599 022 JN88RS 821 01:13 OK1KIR 559 025 599 031 JO60PM 489 01:03 DF0MTL 57 024 55 016 JO61JF 457 21:01 DR5Y 559 018 559 015 JO61ER 440 14:37 DK1CB 55 006 55 002 JO53CL 421 18:13 DK6AS 56 013 55 018 JO52JJ 371 17:35 DL1ATI 52 012 59 012 JO50SU 366 15:41 DJ7JG 59 010 55 002 JO43BM 355 12:27 DK0GYB 59 029 59 026 JO51MN 347 21:10 DL0GTH 55 019 55 052 JO50JP 313 ==================================================
Contest Report of DR5A in JO30EM on 10 GHz ========================================== Contest : Juli Kontest Date : Jul 2007 QSOs : 9 -invalid: 0 valid : 9 Squares : 5 DXCC : 3 Points : 1.178 Avg. QRB: 130,9 km/QSO ODX : DL0GTH, JO50JP at 313 km Place : 9/11 5 Squares: JO20: 1 11% ( 105 pts 9%) JO21: 1 11% ( 150 pts 13%) JO30: 2 22% ( 95 pts 8%) JO31: 4 44% ( 515 pts 44%) JO50: 1 11% ( 313 pts 27%) 3 DXCCs: DL : 7 78% ( 923 pts 78%) ON : 1 11% ( 105 pts 9%) PA : 1 11% ( 150 pts 13%) TOP 10 DX: Time Callsign TX RX Locator QRB ================================================== 21:16 DL0GTH 59 005 559 046 JO50JP 313 21:33 PE1MMP 57 007 59 014 JO21VT 150 19:32 DL9DAK/P 559 004 559 006 JO31TO 149 17:34 DL4BBU/P 599 002 599 004 JO31LP 132 13:49 DH8AG 559 009 559 012 JO31RL 131 21:27 ON4HRT/P 59 006 59 011 JO20MW 105 16:19 DL0NI 57 001 59 005 JO31NH 103 13:08 DJ6TA 52 008 51 007 JO30MS 55 18:21 DJ5BV 55 003 55 009 JO30KI 40 ==================================================