Comment on contest NAC Microwave Contest de SM7ECM Better conditions than normal in direction north. Direction south was a total catastrophe. No DL-stations at all !! This has not happened for a long, long time. It was like trying to walk through a closed door. Managed to work the "standard" PA-stations PA5DD and PA3CEG in direction WSW. Worked SK0UX on both 2,3 and 5,7 GHz but unfortunately after the contest. Congratulations to stations in SM0-area who seem to have had a pipeline to DL and PA. 73 Anders/SM7ECM _______________________________________________________________________ Contest: NAC Microwave Contest Call: SM7ECM Section: A Loc : JO65NQ Date: 20010116 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Band | TOTAL | QSO-POINTS | BAD | LOC-POINTS | QRB KM | | 1.3G | 12963 | 25 9063 | 0 | 13 3900 | PA5DD 682 | | 2.3G | 4942 | 5 3442 | 0 | 5 1500 | PA3CEG 523 | | 5.7G | 1444 | 2 844 | 0 | 2 600 | SM6ESG 168 | | 10G | 1655 | 2 1055 | 0 | 2 600 | SM6ESG 168 | | 24G | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | | MULTI | 8041 | 9 5341 | 0 | 9 2700 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- Station description : 1.3G : IC-260+transv, preamp, 100W, 44el Yagi 2.3G : IC-260+transv, preamp, 40W, 41el Yagi 5.7G : IC-260+transv, preamp, 15W, 0,9m dish 10G : IC-260+transv, preamp, 10W, 0,9m dish 24G : IC-260+transv, preamp, 100mW, 0,28m dish ----1.3G----1.3G----1.3G----1.3G----1.3G----1.3G----1.3G---- DX Date Time Call Loc Bnd Mod QRB QTE 1 20010116 1911 PA5DD JO22IC 1.3G CW 682 238 2 20010116 1944 OH0JFP JP90XC 1.3G CW 637 37 3 20010116 2032 SM3LBN JP80IO 1.3G CW 587 20 4 20010116 1903 SM5FHF JO89TV 1.3G CW 540 28 5 20010116 1858 SM0FZH JO99HI 1.3G SSB 525 37 6 20010116 1810 PA3CEG JO33FB 1.3G SSB 523 239 7 20010116 2008 SM0DFP JO89VL 1.3G SSB 506 31 8 20010116 2006 SK0CT JO89XJ 1.3G CW 505 33 9 20010116 2013 SM5QA JO89WJ 1.3G SSB 502 33 10 20010116 1800 LA0BY/P JO59IX 1.3G SSB 500 344 Worked Locators JO22: 1 JO33: 1 JO45: 3 JO54: 2 JO59: 1 JO65: 3 JO67: 2 JO89: 4 JO97: 4 JO99: 1 JP60: 1 JP80: 1 JP90: 1 Worked DXCC LA: 1 PA: 2 OZ: 7 SM:14 OH0: 1 ----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G---- DX Date Time Call Loc Bnd Mod QRB QTE 1 20010116 1814 PA3CEG JO33FB 2.3G CW 523 239 2 20010116 2015 SM5QA JO89WJ 2.3G CW 502 33 3 20010116 1827 SM4DHN JP60VA 2.3G CW 485 4 4 20010116 2155 SM6ESG JO67CC 2.3G SSB 168 341 5 20010116 1844 OZ2TG JO65FP 2.3G SSB 43 264 Worked Locators JO33: 1 JO65: 1 JO67: 1 JO89: 1 JP60: 1 Worked DXCC PA: 1 SM: 3 OZ: 1 ----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G---- DX Date Time Call Loc Bnd Mod QRB QTE 1 20010116 2156 SM6ESG JO67CC 5.7G CW 168 341 2 20010116 1842 OZ2TG JO65FP 5.7G SSB 43 264 Worked Locators JO65: 1 JO67: 1 Worked DXCC OZ: 1 SM: 1 ----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G---- DX Date Time Call Loc Bnd Mod QRB QTE 1 20010116 2157 SM6ESG JO67CC 10G CW 168 341 2 20010116 1846 OZ2TG JO65FP 10G SSB 43 264 Worked Locators JO65: 1 JO67: 1 Worked DXCC OZ: 1 SM: 1 ----------------------------------------------------------- [LOGGER 1.00 by Ulf/SM0LCB]