CQWW DX CW 2008 (IO4T M/S)
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: IO4T
Operator(s): I1HJT, IK4VET, IK4XCL, IK4ZHH, IZ4EFN
Station: IO4T
Class: M/S HP
QTH: MODENA
Operating Time (hrs): 47.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 204 13 58
80: 858 23 96
40: 1481 35 133
20: 1170 34 119
15: 242 30 95
10: 21 8 21
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Total: 3976 146 522 Total Score = 5,097,496
Club:
Comments:
First full time m/s on cqww cw at IO4T.
Some problems:
- on rx antenna on 1st night (cables cut and eaten by animals)
- big noise on yagis during heavy rain time
- ethernet broken few minutes after grey line saturady kept us 30m away from
operating.
Anyway great contest. We must prefer CW than phone judging on qso number.
Our 40m score is simply unbelievable for us: until few month ago we ran 40 with
dipole.
More operator presence in shack would increase mults score.
RUN MULT
FT1000MP - IC761
AL1500 - AL1200
Filters dunestar, stubs, switches boxes by IZ4EFN.
IO4T roof:
10m 4/4 yagi @5m/11m
15m 5L @11m)
20m 5L @17m
10/15/20 spiderbeam 7m
40m 3L KLM linear loaded @12m
80m 1/4 vertical "biscia"
160m dipole
IO4T forest(2-300m of coax away from shack):
K9AY, bvg 200m to USA, bvg 160m to JA, when connected)
Tnx to Alfeo I1HJT for join us for the first time, tnx to Filippo IK4ZHH for
coming back in Modena once more.
IZ4EFN & I1HJT before the Contest
Andy IK4VET
IZ4EFN, IZ4HVM and visitors
Phil IK4ZHH
20 and 40m tower
10m staked yagis
80/160m vertical and 15m yagi
IK4ZHH, I4UFH, IK4VET
K3LR spotting a "booming" IO4T on 40m!
IK4ZHH eating
Phil IK4ZHH getting the multiplier DRUNK!
Alfeo I1HJT
IC-761 at the multiplier
IK4XCL & IZ4HVM
IZ4HVM, IK4XCL, IK4VET
Alessio IZ4EFN
Surprised IK4VET
Fixing USA beverage during firsts minutest of contest (nearly 0 C outside)