(Araucaria) Rus DX PT7AG(PY8AZT) SO Mixed HP

[Luc, PY8AZT]

                     Russian DX Contest

Call: PT7AG
Operator(s): PY8AZT
Station: PT7CB

Class: SO Mixed HP
QTH: Operating Time (hrs): 23
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Countries  Oblasts
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   160:     0     6        4         0
    80:    20    30       29         3
    40:   362   103       58        55
    20:   379   260       75        43
    15:   307    44       55        18
    10:     0     0        0         0
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Total:  1068   443      221       119

Total Score = 3,033,820

Club: Araucaria DX Group

Comments:

Hi,

Great contest as usual. I had the pleasure to work from ZY7C Contest 
Station with my personal call. Thanks for PT7CB and family for the support.

Amazing how many Russian stations I could work in S&P versus CQing, many 
mults ware just over there, a VFO turn.

The surprise was been called by VK9AA on 40m CW and QSO with JT1T at 10z 
on 20m very weak - it took 2min to get a roger from him. I tried hard 
making the second radio "€œunuseless"€�, but my "€œpoorman SO2R"€� setup 
isn't helping anyhow. For serious SO2R effort I need one of those SO2R 
Boxes.

Band breakdown
There was propagation to NA & EU, but high rain noise level made 
impossible listen on the topband. Sorry If I CQed in your face. Tried 
some S&P there is a rule: you can not call what you are not listen hi hi...

80m was the most frustrating band. As noise was lower than 40m I expect 
more from this band. I never got a strong rate in SSB or even on CW. The 
Europeans Big Guns just CQed over my calls.

I really gave my best on 40m, the noisiest band, but only one paying me 
back on the dark hours. Fighting noise I could set a constant string of 
stations in CW. I got many and surprising clear spots between 7100-130. 
No broadcasting and no one calling. There came over miracles 100 QSOs on 
forty.

I got very busy on 20m. I spent more the planned time on 20m for two 
reasons: noise on the 40m sunrise and realy amazing opening both USA and 
Europe most of the day.

My roots are CW, and this was very clear on 15m. I did put too much 
energy on SSB on this band. CW on 15m was so delicious that it just jail 
me there, forgetting the strategy.

And 10m? Some PYs from the south got the predicted opening to 
Asia/Pacific at 23z, but I didn’t. Maybe next year, with more sunspots.

Thank all for QSOs.

Now officially start CQ WPX preparation. ZY7C will be the air as Mult-Op 
???, not sure about usual M/S or serious M/2 effort. Please, look for us 
on the bands.

Visit ZY7C web: http://www.zy7c.org.br

-- 
73, Luc
ZY7C Team member
PY8AZT (also PT7AG, PX8C, ZZ8Z)
LABRE, ARRL, Uirapuru DX Club & Araucaria DX Group Member