[RRDXA] DL3YM (@DF2PY) CQWW-DX-CW SOAB HP

[RRDXA Claimed Score Submission]

Claimed score submission: CQWW-DX-CW 2011

Call: DL3YM (@DF2PY)
Operator(s): DL3YM
Mode: CW
Category: SOAB
Active hours: 48.0
Power: HP
Assisted: no
Club:Rhein Ruhr DX Association

Summary: 

 Band	   QSOs	    Mults      

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  10m:	    647       82      33 
  15m:	    786       93      32 
  20m:	    961       66      26 
  40m:	   1110       82      27 
  80m:	    638       61      18 
 160m:	    276       51      11 
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 Total:	  4.418      435     147 
 
 Claimed Score:  402 


Comments: 
 Once upon a time, there were all those brave CW contesting souls hoping that the good days of whopping DX, great rates and big scores would eventually return …

Given the unfortunate preparation which found me in hospital and the station with plenty of necessary maintenance after major flooding damage in summer, it seems like a fairy tale I was able to participate at all. My host Wolf, DF2PY, worked like mad to get the needed repairs done, which in turn revived my competitive spirit. I believe that in the end both the station and the OP got ready just in time.
Since I never seem to get a run going when the contest kicks off, I started to S&P 40 up and down for exactly an hour with a rate over 100 Qs before settling down high up in the band. After this initial hour I had the first radio CQing almost throughout the remainder of the contest and hit the second radio hard whenever the rate permitted. This concentration on rate is a major shift in paradigm for me, but operating unassisted these days means that you have to deal with rare mults that ID only after what feels like an eternity and cluster induced piles on the lowbands that are unbreakable. As both effects are annoying to say the least and I was in there to have fun, running like crazy seemed like the appropriate strategy. Turns out that at half time I was at 2411 Qs, 431 mults and 2.3 million points. This was when I realized that the DL record was within reach. Problem of course is that typically before sunrise on Sunday and beyond the 36 hour mark fatigue kicks in big time f
 or me. Had lots of micro sleep episodes then, and I can only suspect what this will do to my UBN report. No hallucinations, though maybe this year I was just too tired to differentiate them from what I suspected to be reality, hi. Highlights on the second day are too numerous to tell, but bagging 12 mults plus 1 double mult from South America and the Caribbean on an otherwise empty ten meter band within 15 minutes on the second radio late in the evening on Sunday as well as having my first and only VU call in for a juicy double mult on 40 with just 25 minutes to go, just to be followed 20 seconds later by a JT are the essence that contesting tales are made of. With the final whistle I completed QSO # 4418, a total I never thought possible. The claimed score is 3.9 per cent above the current DL record, which I do not think will be enough to stand after log checking.
But then, I do not really care since I did have fun and I am grateful I could participate in this CQWW. Very sincere thanks go to Wolf, DF2PY & family for taking care of me, to Axel, DK4US for supporting me IT-wise, and to my XYL and the boys for everything.

Thanks all for the Qs, happy holidays,

 … and all the brave CW contesting brethren lived happily ever after.



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