DM7A - May 2008 Results and Pictures
DM7A - QTH Fichtelberg, JO60LK, 1207m ASL
Results by bands
| Band | QSOs | Grid | DXCC | Score | ODX and Map | Equipment | Place | Pts. lost |
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| 2m | 622 | 76 | 18 | 182118 | YT7G - JN94XC - 880km | 2*8el - 500W | 14. | 13238 |
| 70cm | 319 | 51 | 12 | 77830 | TK5EP/P - JN42QX - 873km | 2*2*13el - 500W | 5. | 717 |
| 23cm | 182 | 48 | 14 | 46217 | YU1B - KN04GT - 845km | 1.4m dish - 120W | 2. | 809 |
| 13cm | 58 | 29 | 7 | 15482 | HA8V - KN06HT - 693km | 1m dish - 60W | 1. | 14 |
| 9cm | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4809 | PA0BAT - JO31FX - 485km | 1m dish - 20W | 1. | 362 |
| 6cm | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5255 | OK2KYC - JN99BM - 384km | 60cm dish - 5W | 1. | 0 |
| 3cm | 71 | 20 | 6 | 13139 | 9A1Z - JN86EL - 508km | 60cm dish - 5W | 1. | 926 |
| 24GHz | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1622 | OL4K - JO70TQ - 190km | 60cm dish - 1W | 1. | 0 |
| 47GHz | 3 | 2 | 2 | 184 | DL9GK - JO50TI - 95km | 30cm dish - mW | 3. | 0 |
| 76GHz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | OK1AIY/P - JO60LJ - 5km | 30cm dish - mW | 3. | 0 |
Team
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DM1KL, DG2DWL, DH1FM, DH5FS, DJ1YFK, DL3JAN, DM5JBN, DG3UH, DH5YM (not pictured)
Comments
Like two years ago, the last part of the road to our contest location was inaccessible due to snow. This time, however, we decided to go for some workout on Friday evening, and shovelled snow for a few hours.
After a very rainy Friday, and a few little showers on Saturday morning, the weather was excellent for the rest of the weekend: Mostly sunny, little wind, excellent visibility.
Except for some minor technical problems (due to which operation 9/13cm was delayed by a few hours), and the usual lack of operators, everything worked well, and we're quite happy with our results.
Condx were poor to average, but 9A1Z on 10GHz was a pleasant surprise. We also worked what we think to be the first ever QSO between DL and OM on 6cm, with OM5M.
Additional to the usual crew, we were this time joined by Eddy, DM5JBN, who did a great job on 2m.
Audio
YT1VP put a little clip of our 2m signal over a distance of 880km on Youtube. Hvala, Ivan!
Pictures
by DJ1YFK
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| Fighting the snow | Fog | Road on Saturday morning |
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| Yagi vs. DH5FS | 70cm going up | Looks weird, works great |
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| 23cm | . | 70cm |
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| Dupe | The snow can be useful after all | Perfect weather |
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| Microwave antennas | Takeoff to the east | Cable guys DL3JAN & DM1KL |
More pictures by DH1FM:
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| Snow in May | Harald, DG3UH on 2m | Microwave antennas |
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| 70cm antenna | 2m antenna as seen from the top | Microwave tent |
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| Takeoff to the east | 13cm/9cm | DJ1YFK (23cm) and DL3JAN (13cm/9cm) |
More pictures by DH5YM:
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| More snow. | Fichtelberg Hotel | Up the hill |
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| Down the hill | DJ1YFK pretending to be happy | DL3JAN building the 3/6cm station |
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| DM1KL, DH1FM, DH5FS | Flak cannon | QTH |