[RRDXA] IARU 3V8BB

["Andreas Lüer"]

Call: 3V8BB Operator(s): KF5EYY Station: 3V8BB  Class: SO Mixed HP QTH: 
Tunis Operating Time (hrs): 23h15  Summary:  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ 
Mults -------------------------------------   160:   62      21     6       
15    80:   84     104     9       20    40:   85     457    20       24    
20:  180     641    23       21    15:  166     907    26       26    10:   
89     413    21       13 ------------------------------------- Total:  666 
   2543    97      127  Total Score = 3,397,408  Club: Rhein Ruhr DX 
Association  Comments:  Going to 3V8BB QTH on Saturday morning, I was 
listening to the newsreader in a local FM station announcing the weather 
predictions; "Temperature will reach its maximum today at noon with 
42°C!!" (...humm, when contest starts!) "and cold winds will blow sunday 
afternoon deacreasing temperature" (...after the end of the contest!!).  
Fortunately, I was "armed" with an air blower placed at 1m from me, blowing 
at full speed! And in my mind I was saying "Ash, no pain, no gain!"  This 
year's IARU HF participation is my first attempt with SO-HP Operation. I 
had the chance to work HP in MS Category but never as Single Op! Competing 
with BIG guns was something I was thinking of before the contest. I was 
taking things seriously (than it should be!) and that was a little bit 
stressful for me. Added to that a VOX that messed up in the first 30 
minutes... panic... not really best contest start! Little by little, 
pileups are there and I started forgetting about score and temperature, 
just enjoyed running!  Propagation was bad on Satuday and slightly improved 
on Sunday.  The QSO number looks interesting to me but the Multiplier score 
is "shameful" :) and that's quite normal as I didn't think about SO2R 
Setup; a learnt lesson for the upcoming contests!  Nice to meet friend of 
mine; NB2T, LZ3FN, RF9C and others. Thanks for all the QSOs guys... Thanks 
to Hrane YT1AD for allowing me to use the station.  Rates: Best 10 minutes: 
47 QSO Best 60 minutes: 225 QSO  73  Ash KF5EYY Tunisian Op of 3V8SS, 3V8BB 
http://www.qsl.net/3v4-002/     
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vy 73 de Andy, DJ7IK