September 2008
This year, Murphy decided not to visit our equipment, but our “human resources”. Gregor, DH6JR, had to visit the hospital due to gall bladder problems on saturday, and unfortunately had to stay there. We hope he will recover soon and join our team again in October. On the hardware side, everything went smooth, and we used our two systems of 4×9el and 4x Big Wheels (vertically stacked) to fight against mediocre conditions. The final result is very similar to the two previous years with the usual bunch of DX from 9A, HA, OM, S5, GM, SP and I, but only the well-known big guns. Finally, we missed the 700-QSO-barrier only by a hair.
On the downside: only one SM station, only 4 OZ, and activity from PA and ON is on a further decline.
We have some audio snippets of the contest online.
Contest Report of DR5A in JO30EM on 144 MHz =========================================== Contest : IARU Region I. VHF Contest Date : Sep 2008 QSOs : 700 -invalid: 1 valid : 699 Squares : 95 DXCC : 18 Points : 236.380 Avg. QRB: 338,2 km/QSO ODX : 9A5Y, JN85PO at 977 km Place : 6/92 95 Squares: IN97: 2 0% ( 1224 pts 1%) IO81: 1 0% ( 706 pts 0%) IO82: 2 0% ( 1273 pts 1%) IO83: 1 0% ( 660 pts 0%) IO86: 1 0% ( 923 pts 0%) IO90: 5 1% ( 2686 pts 1%) IO91: 8 1% ( 4077 pts 2%) IO92: 6 1% ( 3120 pts 1%) IO93: 2 0% ( 1286 pts 1%) JN06: 1 0% ( 627 pts 0%) JN08: 4 1% ( 1667 pts 1%) JN09: 3 0% ( 1178 pts 0%) JN14: 1 0% ( 695 pts 0%) JN15: 1 0% ( 588 pts 0%) JN16: 2 0% ( 1018 pts 0%) JN18: 9 1% ( 3053 pts 1%) JN19: 11 2% ( 3289 pts 1%) JN24: 1 0% ( 631 pts 0%) JN25: 2 0% ( 1102 pts 0%) JN26: 2 0% ( 924 pts 0%) JN27: 2 0% ( 766 pts 0%) JN28: 1 0% ( 248 pts 0%) JN29: 5 1% ( 595 pts 0%) JN35: 1 0% ( 506 pts 0%) JN36: 4 1% ( 1825 pts 1%) JN37: 5 1% ( 1802 pts 1%) JN38: 7 1% ( 1573 pts 1%) JN39: 10 1% ( 1461 pts 1%) JN44: 3 0% ( 1986 pts 1%) JN45: 2 0% ( 1236 pts 1%) JN46: 2 0% ( 873 pts 0%) JN47: 11 2% ( 4134 pts 2%) JN48: 26 4% ( 7821 pts 3%) JN49: 17 2% ( 3479 pts 1%) JN54: 1 0% ( 789 pts 0%) JN57: 3 0% ( 1369 pts 1%) JN58: 13 2% ( 5512 pts 2%) JN59: 8 1% ( 2850 pts 1%) JN63: 2 0% ( 1775 pts 1%) JN65: 1 0% ( 792 pts 0%) JN67: 3 0% ( 1708 pts 1%) JN68: 3 0% ( 1513 pts 1%) JN69: 13 2% ( 6260 pts 3%) JN76: 1 0% ( 788 pts 0%) JN77: 2 0% ( 1443 pts 1%) JN78: 2 0% ( 1181 pts 0%) JN79: 11 2% ( 6729 pts 3%) JN85: 1 0% ( 977 pts 0%) JN86: 2 0% ( 1670 pts 1%) JN87: 1 0% ( 884 pts 0%) JN88: 3 0% ( 2400 pts 1%) JN89: 4 1% ( 3118 pts 1%) JN97: 1 0% ( 951 pts 0%) JN98: 2 0% ( 1811 pts 1%) JN99: 7 1% ( 6081 pts 3%) JO00: 3 0% ( 1109 pts 0%) JO01: 15 2% ( 6142 pts 3%) JO02: 3 0% ( 1262 pts 1%) JO03: 1 0% ( 527 pts 0%) JO10: 7 1% ( 1706 pts 1%) JO11: 7 1% ( 1555 pts 1%) JO20: 10 1% ( 871 pts 0%) JO21: 13 2% ( 1732 pts 1%) JO22: 12 2% ( 2712 pts 1%) JO23: 4 1% ( 1212 pts 1%) JO30: 40 6% ( 2333 pts 1%) JO31: 91 13% ( 9504 pts 4%) JO32: 18 3% ( 3784 pts 2%) JO33: 8 1% ( 2564 pts 1%) JO34: 1 0% ( 421 pts 0%) JO40: 13 2% ( 2094 pts 1%) JO41: 17 2% ( 3698 pts 2%) JO42: 21 3% ( 5538 pts 2%) JO43: 12 2% ( 4568 pts 2%) JO44: 3 0% ( 1451 pts 1%) JO45: 1 0% ( 648 pts 0%) JO46: 1 0% ( 658 pts 0%) JO50: 24 3% ( 8144 pts 3%) JO51: 20 3% ( 6766 pts 3%) JO52: 9 1% ( 3304 pts 1%) JO53: 9 1% ( 4015 pts 2%) JO55: 1 0% ( 640 pts 0%) JO60: 16 2% ( 7436 pts 3%) JO61: 27 4% (12779 pts 5%) JO62: 19 3% ( 9864 pts 4%) JO63: 1 0% ( 523 pts 0%) JO64: 1 0% ( 614 pts 0%) JO65: 2 0% ( 1374 pts 1%) JO70: 7 1% ( 4220 pts 2%) JO71: 6 1% ( 3434 pts 1%) JO72: 2 0% ( 1267 pts 1%) JO73: 3 0% ( 1885 pts 1%) JO80: 3 0% ( 2133 pts 1%) JO81: 2 0% ( 1427 pts 1%) JO83: 1 0% ( 833 pts 0%) 18 DXCCs: 9A : 1 0% ( 977 pts 0%) DL : 423 61% (114958 pts 49%) F : 64 9% (22623 pts 10%) G : 45 6% (22169 pts 9%) GM : 1 0% ( 923 pts 0%) HA : 1 0% ( 951 pts 0%) HB9 : 11 2% ( 4632 pts 2%) I : 8 1% ( 5786 pts 2%) LX : 3 0% ( 206 pts 0%) OE : 7 1% ( 4336 pts 2%) OK : 48 7% (28874 pts 12%) OM : 7 1% ( 6097 pts 3%) ON : 22 3% ( 3166 pts 1%) OZ : 4 1% ( 2618 pts 1%) PA : 42 6% ( 8918 pts 4%) S5 : 4 1% ( 3250 pts 1%) SM : 1 0% ( 702 pts 0%) SP : 7 1% ( 5194 pts 2%) TOP 20 DX: Time Callsign TX RX Locator QRB ================================================== 23:20 9A5Y 599 415 599 410 JN85PO 977 02:58 HA7P 55 479 59 379 JN97KW 951 06:39 OM7KW 52 545 55 189 JN98NT 936 10:20 GM4ZUK/P 56 621 58 158 IO86RW 923 05:16 SN9D 599 515 599 340 JN99MQ 908 02:38 OM6A 559 478 599 370 JN99JC 904 07:04 IK5ZWU/6 57 554 55 384 JN63GN 904 02:30 OM8A 599 476 599 527 JN87WV 884 02:13 OM3KOM 599 471 599 217 JN98DV 875 12:54 I4XCC 599 679 559 045 JN63GV 871 12:33 OL7Q 59 670 59 461 JN99FN 869 01:54 OM3W 599 464 599 334 JN99CH 857 01:24 OL9W 59 453 59 447 JN99CL 853 01:49 OK2KYC 55 462 52 306 JN99BM 846 23:15 OK2KJT 599 414 599 352 JN99AJ 844 02:19 S57O 559 473 599 433 JN86DT 836 02:25 S59P 559 475 599 306 JN86AO 834 05:48 SN7V 52 523 59 210 JO83VA 833 12:40 OK2KGP 55 673 59 279 JN89UE 826 01:42 OK2KCE 55 460 55 221 JN89XX 825 ==================================================
