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First of all thanks to CQ hall of fame Walter (DJ6QT) who let me use his station on Madeira (CT3). After operating with some of the big stations like DR1A and PJ2T it was rally my number one wish
to try out some single op effort. Walters QTH has a TH5 beam installed and a arsenal of fibreglass poles and millions of wires on stock. The class to participate was a fast decision, as this is a textbook example
for Single Operator All Band (Three-Band Single-Element – formerly known as threeband-wire)
My first goals were to capture the 4000 QSO’s I almost made in 2004 as PJ4P and have fun.
In this time zone the contest started of course on the lowbands. Did I mention how much I
hate the lowbands? Double point’s per QSO is worth it, but I was so fet up after a few hours that I decided to put in a first early break. I’d rather run 180/h on 15/20m than 90/h on the lowbands fighting splatters
and QRM for the same amount of points. The next morning was much better. 20m is like 40 in the sunspot minimum, but finally I found some really nice rates on 15m. I stayed on 15m as long as possible and decided to
return to 20m when the daylight goes off in Europe. Perfect decision! Just hit 20m and immediately running close to 200/h into stateside. After day one the 4000 Q’s mark felt like a piece of cake, but day two
brought me back to the ground. Lots of begging for QSO’s and it was really hard to get higher than 140 Q’s/h. Towards the end of day two I hit a great opening into states side and the fantastic discipline of the US
op’s, again saved my day. A little bit of my beloved low bands at the end and the finish line was crossed with well above 4200 Q’s and 16 million points.
After the dust settled …. There was just one thought: WHAT A FUN WAS THIS!!!!!
Pictures from this trip - please klick this link.
Equipment used:
Yaesu FT-1000 Mark-V (lost and found by the airline)
Acom 2000 Linear (thanks’ Walter)
TH5 Beam (also know as the weapon of maximum impact)
Vertical Wires on 40/80 (always fun to built and a surprise how they work)
Heil Quietphone Pro 4 (anty rag chew capsular)
Thanks to all who worked and supported me. Sorry to all I did not copy with
the terrible qrm at times. CT9L QSL via DJ6QT comments and complaints to df7zs@darc.de
After Logcheck in december it turned out to be another World #1 Score for me and my
second World Record! This time as Single/OP TB/Wires! Yeaaahhhhh!!!!
Update 2009: CS9L @ CQ WPX SSB 2009 is World #1 SOAB (assisted) & new Afrika record!
Two back to back victory’s from Santana! Please lokk for CR3L in WPX SSB 2010 again!!!
To celebrate this - I am sponsering the CQ WPX World #1 TB/Wires Plaque for both modes!
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