The German June Contest results are out: nice 3rd places on 23 and 13cm, and a 7th place on 3cm. As our competitor DF0YY skipped the June contest, we could climb from 6th to 5th place in the German Contest Trophy, Multi Op Section.

Again a mixed bag: Operator situation looked good for this contest, so we decided to even add a 4xBigwheel Antenna on 2m to our well-trusted 4×9el. Pre-setup on friday was handicapped by nearby thunderstorms and some heavy rain, but we used the breaks inbetween and could set up 2 antenna systems. But on saturday, we discovered two team members being ill, one leaving the QTH even before the contest started, and the second one handicapped (although he stayed till the end). This unexpected loss of labour force lead (again) to a late start on the bands, and 2m being operated on a “for fun” basis only, with looking for some DX and playing in the nice sporadic-E. Lack of operators also lead to some breaks in operating the other bands, and we did a night break. Although 23cm did not “feel” so good, in the end we got our 2nd best 23cm result ever, with a new best for “km-per-QSO” at 354km/QSO, and egalizing our old 23cm-ODX of OM6A (OM3KHE) JN99JC at 904km. Given the circumstances, 70cm and 13cm scores were OK, and on 3cm we could even enjoy some rain scatter at the very end of the contest, giving us 3 additional QSOs.

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