Comment on contest NAC Microwave Contest          de SM0DFP
Worked all heard, what more can one do?
On 5G7 SM7ECM had meteor like reflections lasting 3-5 seconds, with good signal strength.
The QSO lasted over about 5 minutes with 4-5 reflection periods. The strongest signal was S7.
 What kind of reflections could be so short and still strong? Is it aeroplanes? Speculations are
welcome.
In the 5G7 QSO with SM3AKW the signals were not at all like that, just normal multipath, even a
bit rain scatter like.
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Contest: NAC Microwave Contest             Call: SM0DFP
Section: A                                 Loc : JO89VL
                                           Date: 20011016
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|  Band | TOTAL  | QSO-POINTS | BAD | LOC-POINTS | QRB          KM |
|  1.3G |   7945 |  20   4045 |   0 |  13   3900 | OZ2LD       635 |
|  2.3G |    690 |   3     90 |   0 |   2    600 | SK0UX        20 |
|  5.7G |   6020 |   6   4520 |   0 |   5   1500 | SM7ECM      505 |
|   10G |   7150 |   8   5350 |   0 |   6   1800 | SM3AKW      348 |
|   24G |      0 |   0      0 |   0 |   0      0 |               0 |
| MULTI |  13860 |  17   9960 |   0 |  13   3900 |                 |
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Station description :
1.3G : 150w, 55ele
5.7G : 10w, 0,6m dish
 10G : 5w, 0,6m 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  20011016 2155 OZ2LD          JO54TU 1.3G CW     635 218
 2  20011016 2007 SM7ECM         JO65NQ 1.3G CW     505 215
 3  20011016 2109 SM2DXH         KP03CU 1.3G CW     503  14
 4  20011016 1918 OH2TI          KP20KE 1.3G CW     404  76
 5  20011016 1926 OH2BUF         KP20AG 1.3G CW     360  73
 6  20011016 1959 SM4DHN         JP60VA 1.3G SSB    232 287
 7  20011016 1825 SM4DXO         JP71SB 1.3G SSB    216 326
 8  20011016 1848 SM1NJC         JO97DO 1.3G SSB    211 172
 9  20011016 1851 SM1FMT         JO97FS 1.3G SSB    194 168
10  20011016 2104 SM4L           JP70WS 1.3G SSB    179 324
 
Worked Locator
JO54: 1 JO65: 1 JO79: 1 JO89: 5 JO97: 2 JO99: 2 JP60: 1
JP70: 1 JP71: 1 JP90: 1 KP00: 1 KP03: 1 KP20: 2
 
Worked DXCC
SM  :15 OH0 : 2 OH  : 2 OZ  : 1
 
Heard Station
 
----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----
 
DX  Date     Time Call           Loc    Bnd  Mod  QRB   QTE
 1  20011016 1914 SK0UX          JO99BM 2.3G SSB     20  76
 2  20011016 1857 SK0CT          JO89XJ 2.3G SSB     14 134
 3  20011016 2054 SM5QA          JO89WJ 2.3G SSB     11 153
 
Worked Locator
JO89: 2 JO99: 1
 
Worked DXCC
SM  : 3
 
Heard Station
 
----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----5.7G----
 
DX  Date     Time Call           Loc    Bnd  Mod  QRB   QTE
 1  20011016 2033 SM7ECM         JO65NQ 5.7G CW     505 215
 2  20011016 1811 SM3AKW         JP92AO 5.7G CW     348   2
 3  20011016 1953 SM4DHN         JP60VA 5.7G SSB    232 287
 4  20011016 1916 SK0UX          JO99BM 5.7G SSB     20  76
 5  20011016 1859 SK0CT          JO89XJ 5.7G SSB     14 134
 6  20011016 2055 SM5QA          JO89WJ 5.7G SSB     11 153
 
Worked Locator
JO65: 1 JO89: 2 JO99: 1 JP60: 1 JP92: 1
 
Worked DXCC
SM  : 6
 
Heard Station
 
----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----
 
DX  Date     Time Call           Loc    Bnd  Mod  QRB   QTE
 1  20011016 1806 SM3AKW         JP92AO 10G  CW     348   2
 2  20011016 1956 SM4DHN         JP60VA 10G  SSB    232 287
 3  20011016 1822 SM3BEI         JP81NG 10G  CW     203 350
 4  20011016 1818 SM1FMT         JO97FS 10G  CW     194 168
 5  20011016 1910 SM5FHF         JO89TV 10G  CW      48 349
 6  20011016 1912 SK0UX          JO99BM 10G  SSB     20  76
 7  20011016 1901 SK0CT          JO89XJ 10G  SSB     14 134
 8  20011016 2057 SM5QA          JO89WJ 10G  SSB     11 153
 
Worked Locator
JO89: 3 JO97: 1 JO99: 1 JP60: 1 JP81: 1 JP92: 1
 
Worked DXCC
SM  : 8
 
Heard Station
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