[RRDXA] CQWW CW DH8BQA SOSB(A)/10 QRP - Neuer Weltrekord? ;-))

[Oliver Dröse]

                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: DH8BQA
Operator(s): DH8BQA
Station: DH8BQA

Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP
QTH: JO73ce
Operating Time (hrs): 23

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:
   80:
   40:
   20:
   15:
   10:  661    36      142
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Total:  661    36      142  Total Score = 286,936

Club: Rhein Ruhr DX Association

Comments:

Elecraft K3, 5 W + 6 ele OWA Yagi (G0KSC design) @ 60 feet

Wow! That sums it up quite nicely! ;-))

Would never have thought that this number of QSOs and especially multiplier 
count would have been possible on QRP! Conditions were quite good although 
not as well as during the SSB part! E.g. only hrd/wkd 2 x W6 (zone 3) while 
in the SSB part there were literally hundreds of Westcoasters audible 
overhere. Nevertheless a LOT of fun!

As I am no good CW operator this category was about right for me as most of 
the time you're just S&P'ing. ;-)) So only about 15% of the QSOs on my own 
CQs. Glad to have found several mults before the packet pileups, that made 
life a lot easier.

Speaking of packet pileups: Discipline is as worse as it may get today. 
:-(( Very often when I finally got through (yes, there ARE tricks to crack a 
pileup with QRP, too ;-)) but my call was not copied correctly and the DX 
asked for fills there was ALWAYS somebody calling above me. :-(( Come on 
guys, if the DX asks for 8BQA? or DH8? it is NOT S5,9A, DL1, etc. You guys 
just slow down the process for everybody! I especially want to point out 
KP2MM who really invested a full 3 minutes to complete our QSO despite all 
the hecklers! Many thanks to the KP2MM team, your effort was much 
appreciated for the KP2 mult here! It could have been done in 20 seconds if 
no hecklers were there ...

Being assisted had the advantage that I had all the mults on the band-map. 
So I could easily check if there is still a pileup or not and then decide to 
grab the mult. Usually the packet pileups died after 15-20 minutes if the DX 
was not spotted again. This is the right time for QRPers then. ;-)) Maybe my 
good antenna has helped a bit, too. ;-))

The band closed quite early on both days (about 16:30z time). Interestingly 
on Sunday it opened up again after darkness (and signals completely gone for 
30-60 mins already) for another 1.5 hours! The pattern was South America 
again, then SA getting weaker again, therefor Caribeans getting loud, then 
weaker again and finally W/VE popping out of the noise again with up to 599 
signals and easy QSOs. I already recognized those openings during other 
contests. They are not to happen all the time, but if they do it is always 
good for a few extra QSOs. ;-)) What is common to all those 
after-darkness-openings is the selectiveness (see the pattern above, even 
selective within the US, too) as well as with these openings there is no 
backscatter anymore! So really really interesting ...

This one could be good enough for a new world record! Admittedly the 
category is just existing for 2 years now so this might not be too 
difficult. Yes, I chose this category consciously. ;-)) So lets see if it 
holds or if any of the LUs, PYs, etc. decided to do so, too ...

Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA


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