July 2008
The contest was very nice with good scores on 2m, 70cm and 23cm, but again our 13cm preamplifier broke at the very beginning, so that we could only work very local QSOs < 100km. On 2m, activity from G, OK, HB9 and OZ was great, like in other July events, too. We used a second antenna system (2x Big Wheel) with some success, and plan to enlarge that system to 4x Big Wheel in future contests. On 2m and 70cm our average points-per-QSO was the best ever, and on 23cm we could set a new high score for a July contest, while enjoying the 2nd best average points-per-QSO ever. The weather was quite fine too, making it a nice and enjoyable contest (beside for the broken 13cm preamplifier).
