Mám rád contestovanie… aj keď na domácom QTH (JN98AH) sa nedajú vybudovať také anténne systémy, aké by som si predstavoval, snažím sa zúčastniť sa aspoň takých contestov, ktoré sú mi dostupné – v rámci antén a zariadení.
I bought 9 el on Thursday. Cue Dee on 144MHz - I wanted to make a turn signal myself, but due to time constraints and mainly lack of material, I chose a simpler form. On Friday, the antenna was already installed (fixed direction - no rotator).
Day D has arrived - Saturday, 1st subregional race.
My devices for operation were:
TRX = TXR 210 (Snowman)
PWR = 10W (at that length of coax + ANT it was not 100% adapted, it was probably only QRPP...)
ANT = 9el.Cue Dee - powered by 50 ohm coax - approx. 30m from the roof to the Ham shack
Here and there I climbed on the roof to turn the ANT... of course, with a rotator it would be a different matter, because I couldn't turn it in all directions this way (no need to unnecessarily irritate the neighbors). Since I didn't have a CW key to plug into the TRX, I only worked SSB.
Here are my results: Count QSO on SSB = 78
Distribution:
OM = 45 QSOs, longest QSO with OM6AM = 104 km
OK = 18 QSOs, longest QSO with OK2CRT = 250 km
OE = 8 QSOs, longest QSO with OE5D = 353 km
HA = 3 QSOs, longest QSO with HA6KVC/P = 144 km
S5 = 2 QSOs, longest QSO with S53J = 386 km
DL = 1 QSO, najdlhšie QSO s DL0AO = 468 km *moje najdlhšie QSO v conteste*
SQ = 1 QSO, SQ9ACK = 196 km
A lot of stations complained about the small participation of stations in the sub-regional, but I can't judge it so objectively, because I have not participated in this race before.
I wish everyone much success in their amateur activities and, above all, a lot of fun on the radio.
Sincerely, OM5APM – Peter, Nitra