[RRDXA] DL5XL/P (op:DL5XL) IOTA-CW SOAB HP

[RRDXA Claimed Score Submission]

Claimed score submission: IOTA-CW 2008

Call: DL5XL/P
Operator(s): DL5XL
Mode: CW
Category: SOAB
Active hours: 24.0
Power: HP
Assisted: no
Club:Rhein Ruhr DX Association

Summary: 

 Band	   QSOs	    Mult(CW) Mult(SSB)  

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  10m:	    181      23 
  15m:	    169      20 
  20m:	    539      38 
  40m:	    426      50 
  80m:	    244      40 
 160m:	      0       0 
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 Total:	  1.559     171 
 
 Claimed Score:  1.462.563 


Comments: 
 It\'s been six years since I last operated from Helgoland Island in the IOTA contest, and it sure was great to be back. As poor conditions had to be expected, I decided to use a beam antenna and high power, even though this meant that about 100 kilograms of freight had to be shipped to the island. Luckily, DF6QC and DG1BBU were there to help with the setup of the antennas. Conditions throughout the contest were as bad as expected (or even worse), but the high level of activity in Europe really helped to keep one busy. A few hours after the start of the contest, I suddenly noticed an intermittent SWR on the beam antenna. It turned out that one of the traps was damaged. As I did not want to lose too much operating time, I decided to continue on the \"Windom\" type wire antenna. This worked quite well for me on 20m, but was not feasible on 15m, as the antenna was not designed for that band. Luckily, the 10m band performance of my beam was not affected by the faulty trap, so I still had good antennas for four of the five bands used in the contest. In the end, I lost quite a few QSOs and multipliers on 15m, but managed to keep up a rate of more than 64 QSOs per hour throughout the entire contest, so I really had fun! I was even able to exceed the result of my last contest participation from Helgoland in 2002 by a small margin (before log checking, that is). I\'d like to thank RSGB for organizing this fun event! After the contest, I still had a day left to enjoy the hot summer weather at the beach before I returned to my home QTH.


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