Comment on contest NAC Microwave Contest

A little strange contest:
First 2 hours, bad conds and low activity. 13 QSO´s
Last 2 hours, better conds and high activity. 26 QSO´s

Since my start on 10 GHz in july 1981 I have now worked 999 QSO´s on 10 GHz. So the next QSO will be a 1000-jubilee-QSO.

The first 10 years resulted in a mean value of 13 QSO´s per year.
The next ten years, 54 QSO´s per year.
The last two years well over 100 QSO´s per year.
So activity on 10 GHz have increased a lot. I wish I could say the same about 24 GHz. I have been active on that band more than 7 years and only worked a total of 26 QSO´s. That´s 3,5 QSO´s per year!! And almost half of the QSO´s with OZ2TG.

CU next contest! de SM7ECM

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Contest: NAC Microwave Contest             Call: SM7ECM
Section: A                                 Loc : JO65NQ
                                           Date: 20040928
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|  Band | TOTAL   | QSO-POINTS | BAD | LOC-POINTS | QRB           KM |
|  2.3G |   16380 |  15   9880 |   0 |  13   6500 | PA3CEG       521 |
|  5.7G |   15192 |  10  11192 |   0 |   8   4000 | SM5QA        501 |
|   10G |   23775 |  14  17775 |   1 |  12   6000 | PA3CEG       521 |
|   24G |       0 |   0      0 |   0 |   0      0 |                0 |
| MULTI |   55347 |  39  38847 |   1 |  33  16500 |                  |
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Station description :
2.3G : IC-271+transv, preamp, 150W, 41 el Yagi
5.7G : IC-271+transv, preamp, 15W, 0,9m dish
 10G : IC-271+transv, preamp, 10W, 0,9m dish
 24G : IC-271+transv, preamp, 500mW, 0,28m dish

----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----2.3G----


DX  Date     Time Call           Loc    Bnd  Mod  QRB   QTE
 1  20040928 1934 PA3CEG         JO33FB 2.3G CW     521 239
 2  20040928 2039 SM5QA          JO89WJ 2.3G CW     501  33
 3  20040928 1726 SM0SBI         JO99CF 2.3G CW     498  36
 4  20040928 1843 DL3YEE         JO42GE 2.3G CW     492 220
 5  20040928 1900 SM4DHN         JP60VA 2.3G CW     484   4
 6  20040928 1956 DL7VTX         JO62TM 2.3G CW     354 175
 7  20040928 1700 SM6BTT         JO58PI 2.3G CW     317 340
 8  20040928 2031 OZ1FF          JO45BO 2.3G CW     314 270
 9  20040928 1952 DL2NUD         JO63MF 2.3G SSB    274 181
10  20040928 1844 DL1SUN         JO53PN 2.3G CW     265 207

Worked Locator
JO33: 1 JO42: 1 JO45: 1 JO53: 2 JO58: 1 JO62: 1 JO63: 1
JO65: 1 JO67: 2 JO77: 1 JO89: 1 JO99: 1 JP60: 1

Worked DXCC
SM  : 8 DL  : 5 PA  : 1 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  20040928 2040 SM5QA          JO89WJ 5.7G CW     501  33
 2  20040928 1905 SM4DHN         JP60VA 5.7G CW     484   4
 3  20040928 2024 DL7VTX         JO62TM 5.7G CW     354 175
 4  20040928 2019 DL2NUD         JO63MF 5.7G SSB    274 181
 5  20040928 1846 DL1SUN         JO53PN 5.7G CW     265 207
 6  20040928 1946 DL1SUZ         JO53UN 5.7G CW     254 202
 7  20040928 2029 SM7GEP         JO77IP 5.7G CW     239  23
 8  20040928 1714 SM6AFV         JO67GQ 5.7G CW     226 351
 9  20040928 1740 SM6ESG         JO67CC 5.7G CW     168 341
10  20040928 1913 SK7MW          JO65MJ 5.7G SSB     33 189

Worked Locator
JO53: 2 JO62: 1 JO63: 1 JO65: 1 JO67: 2 JO77: 1 JO89: 1
JP60: 1

Worked DXCC
SM  : 6 DL  : 4

----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----10G----


DX  Date     Time Call           Loc    Bnd  Mod  QRB   QTE
 1  20040928 1939 PA3CEG         JO33FB 10G  CW     521 239
 2  20040928 2041 SM5QA          JO89WJ 10G  CW     501  33
 3  20040928 1703 SM6BTT         JO58PI 10G  CW     317 340
 4  20040928 2033 OZ1FF          JO45BO 10G  CW     314 270
 5  20040928 2014 DL2NUD         JO63MF 10G  SSB    274 181
 6  20040928 2053 DL5LF          JO54AF 10G  SSB    256 232
 7  20040928 1948 DL1SUZ         JO53UN 10G  CW     254 202
 8  20040928 2030 SM7GEP         JO77IP 10G  CW     239  23
 9  20040928 1716 SM6AFV         JO67GQ 10G  CW     226 351
10  20040928 1854 SM7LCB         JO86GH 10G  CW     224  70

Worked Locator
JO33: 1 JO45: 1 JO53: 1 JO54: 1 JO58: 1 JO63: 1 JO64: 1
JO65: 2 JO67: 2 JO77: 1 JO86: 1 JO89: 1

Worked DXCC
SM  : 7 PA  : 1 DL  : 4 OZ  : 2
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