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
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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
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