Results 24th O-QRP-Contests (5./6. Juli 2008)
QRP-CONTEST-COMMUNITY (qrpcc) 07-Nov-2008
c/o Dr. Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST
Schlesierweg 13
D-38228 SALZGITTER
Germany
e-mail: dj7st@darc.de
web: http://www.qrpcc.de
Results of 24th ORIGINAL-QRP-CONTEST (05/06-Jul-2008)
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VLP = very low power, MP = moderate power; a-c = bands 80-20
HB = homebrew
call points QSO band equipment
V L P < 1 W out
1 DL7VPE 42273 135 HB-TRX 9 MHz IF, PA 2xIRF510 push-pull
2 I1XSG 33799 140 K2
3 DL2BXC 16500 75 Gnomik (RA3VM); HB-TRX; PA 2SC1969 resp. KT913B
4 F6ACD 16244 80 Argonaut 505
5 DF5SF 13485 94 KX1
6 OH9VL 13096 69 VLP allband HB DDS-based TRX
7 DL2KDW 8950 52 FT-817
8 DJ3GE 7720 61 FT-817
9 DK8SX 7360 48 "Zennor" (CQ-DL 5/87, DF4SQ des., PA VN66AF, 1W)
10 OZ9QM 6656 46 80: VFO-BU-PA (MAS); 40: HB-TRX PA 2N3553
11 DL8MTG/p 5506 40 KX1
12 DL5RDT 4848 36 K2
13 OZ9KC 4425 42 HB-TRXs; PA MRF8004 resp. 2N3553
14 DL4CW 4137 34 ATS 3B
15 PA9RZ 3560 33 IC-703
16 DK3GP 3019 41 SW40
17 DJ3KK 2703 36 ELBC (DJ3KK des.)
18 UA1AVA 1988 23 IC-703
19 DF2SJ 1830 31 NE612, SH 5MHz IF, 7.025 ceramic filter, PA: 2N3553
20 DR5E 1235 17 Ramsey QRP-40
21 PA1W 1014 16 HB 20m-TRX; 900mW; 20 yrs old
22 DK0VLP 872 19 Hari TX80/1
23 DL3PB 853 11 HB-TRX (~ Sierra, but VXO & monoband)
24 DL8BEG 481 10 TS-130V
25 DJ5KZ 459 12 HB-TRX, DL9RM design, 1W
26 OH6DC 445 11 HB 20m TRX: 5.6 MHz vfo + 19.6 MHz xo, DC-RX
27 DL5CU 242 6 Rockmite
28 DJ7ST 160 5 SST-20
29 F5ZV 10 1 HB 300mW, BD135
Q R P < 5 W out
1 OH0/DJ9IE 88382 275 Sierra
2 LX/OP5R 69802 249 K2
3 I0UZF 67290 211 K2
4 DK3UZ 62720 208 Drake 2-NT, mfd. fer QRP
5 I1BAY 62469 236 K3/10
6 HB9DAX 61065 194 K2
7 DJ5AA 54720 176 K2
8 G3VIP 53312 176 FT-817
9 I2AZ 51256 199 FT-817
10 OK7U 50580 177 K1, K2, SW20+, SW40+
11 OH2MQ 44098 158 K2
12 DL1HTX 33374 100 K2
13 F5VBT 30784 131 IC-703
14 SP9DUX 30225 124 FT-817
15 DF2OK 28618 99 Sierra
16 SP5AGU 28008 130 IC-703
17 PA0RDT 26823 103 K2
18 DF3OL 26082 93 K2
19 DJ8BD 26013 92 DDS - VFO (DL4JAL des.) IF 9MHz (DK4CU des.)
20 DL6NDK 22051 94 K2
21 HB9AFH 20277 103 ATS3-B
22 DH3LK 19016 110 K2
23 RA3AN 17351 103 K2
24 LA1ENA 16980 70 KX-1
25 DF7IS 15650 100 FT-707S
26 ON3ND 15624 76 IC-703
27 OZ5DX 14160 75 HW-9
28 DK9HE 13580 79 K2
29 DK4RW 12678 55 Pic-a-Star (G3XJP design)
30 DL9CE 11556 64 FT-817
31 DL7ARV 10918 64 FT-817
32 HB9JBO 10388 61 TS-120V
33 DM5AA 9902 61 K1
34 SP6LV 9870 66 FT-301S
35 DJ2GL 9400 60 QRP+
36 DJ4XD 9100 87 IC-703
37 HA5TI 8352 76 FT-817
38 DL1UNK 8229 64 FT-817
39 DL1JGA 7800 57 FT-817
40 DJ3LR 7546 49 K2
41 SM6PRX 7452 54 K1
42 OK1GS 7326 63 TS-120
43 DL1ARH 7138 51 FT-817
44 PA0RBO 7009 43 K2
45 DL4AC 6992 50 IC-703
46 ON5JD 6903 57 TS-120V
47 UT3EK 6576 41 Efir-M
48 DH3SW 6532 43 DK1HE Kit
49 ON5AO 6256 40 K2
50 DL2SBA 6109 50 80m: IC-703; 40/20m: K1
51 OK1FPQ 5957 43 K2
52 HB9RE 5920 57 FT-817
53 DL2XL/p 5755 46 K2
54 DL9GWA 5489 36 KNE-99
55 F6FTB 5474 44 K1
56 EA4CJI 4620 42 FT-817
57 DL3JPN 4548 35 KX1
58 G3LHJ 4409 43 OAK HILLS Spirit 20M
59 9A/IK1ZYW 4292 38 FT-817
60 DJ7JE 3788 38 ATS3A
61 DM4TJ 3668 41 DSW II/40, Small Wonder Labs.
62 DK5RY 3600 33 FT-817
62 PA3AFF 3600 29 TS-130V
64 F8ALX 3575 46 FT-817
65 PA0ATG 3570 38 IC-703
66 OK2BWJ 3441 36 FT-817
67 DL4LBB 3354 39 ELBC 20/40 (DJ3KK des.)
68 DK4CU 3340 25 HW-9
68 OH5JJL 3340 37 SW20+
70 YU1RK 3312 29 SDR TRX (YU1LM des.+ Rocky software), 2 x IRF 510
71 DL7UWE 3299 25 HB-TRX, 4 - 5W, SH (QRP-Report 2008-1, pp 7-13)
72 OK1DXK 3227 38 K2
73 DL6ABB 3043 29 BlueCool Radio
74 DL9GTI 2945 29 FT-817
75 F/DL4IW 2928 28 TenTec 1320, mfd.
76 DL1AZK 2866 26 ELBC (DJ3KK des.) mfd. for 80/40/20
77 OE/DL3GER 2826 36 Spatz
78 OU5TF 2784 31 IC-703
79 EI8FH 2768 29 K1, SW-80, HB 4W AMPLIFIER
80 DL2RT 2754 23 Sierra
81 DL7MA 2660 24 HB-TRX ~SST 20
82 HA8LKM/p 2592 31 FT-817
83 OE9GWI 2573 26 FT-817
84 PA0ANK 2552 24 FT-817
85 OK1JX 2201 26 FT-817
86 DK2YI 2187 24 FT-817
87 DL9HCW 2184 22 Sierra
88 OK1AIJ 2024 25 TS-120V
89 DL3LQM 1854 23 K2
90 DL3MBE 1848 27 FT-817
91 DK9NM 1843 31 FT-817
92 DL4KUG 1778 25 HB-TRX 160-30m, 5W (KT922B)
93 DL9QI 1776 26 FT-817
94 UA3AO/p 1752 25 FT-817
95 G0KRT 1701 20 FT-817
96 HB9DEO 1700 20 AT3-Sprint
97 DH4BAZ 1679 22 Argonaut II
98 ON7CC 1632 30 IC-703
99 DL3ARW 1566 26 Tramp 8 (PA 2SC2078)
100 DK0SZ 1520 19 Argonaut 509
101 PA1SL 1302 17 SG-2020
102 DL8FCY 1271 25 K2
103 IK6FPT 1180 17 MFJ-9020
104 DL3MCI 1098 19 FT-817
105 IW1BCO 1008 15 FT-817
106 F/DL6OZ 990 16 FT-817
107 RW6FO 983 18 K2
108 DK0GB 936 13 FT-817
109 SM7HVQ 800 16 K1
110 DL3AKF 792 14 K2
111 OE1TKW 787 11 Sierra
112 OK1DSU 735 12 HB-TRX PA, 2SC2078, 5W
113 OK1ARO 727 13 80: "BARTEK", 3W; 40: ECO-BU-PA (EL83), 5W
114 UR5FA/p 714 12 FT-817
115 DF9LM/p 680 13 K2
116 DL2NA 616 11 FT-817
117 RW3AI 555 10 IC-703
118 PA3GQF 550 14 K1
119 RA3FD 444 10 IC-731S
120 DL7VDC 414 13 K1
121 GU3TUX 360 9 FT-817
122 DF2UD 341 10 AEG SE6861 (mil. Norm Man Pack) , 2W
123 OE8PPQ/8 279 10 FT-817
124 RA3DBK 276 8 FT-817
125 EI7GY 264 7 FT-817
126 DL2BQD 185 10 K1
127 PA0FEI 153 5 TS-130V
128 LA3ZA 152 7 K2
129 EA4OA 72 3 FT-817
130 SM6DER 63 6 FT-817
131 HB9CJR/p 60 4 K1
131 M0RLM 60 3 K1
133 DJ7RS 54 6 FT-7
134 DL4VBN 32 2 IC-703
135 DL1MEB 21 3 K2
136 YO4AAC 9 1 HB, 5W
137 M/DL1RNN 1 1 K2
M P < 20W out
1 DJ3XK 70929 210 FT-7
2 DF5LW 18645 108 TS-120V
3 DK0LEN 12090 68 IC-703
4 YL2TD 5076 48 TS-120V
5 SP/DJ6HP 4636 38 IC-703
6 DL0SGN 4012 38 IC-703
7 DF4FA 3668 38 TS-130V
8 DL0RL 2304 21 FT-7
9 DL1JCA 384 15 "Mini" 40m (Kit DL1AZK)
Checklogs:
DF1DX, DF2HL, DJ3XD, DL2DXA, DL7DO. DL7JOM, F6ABI. G3RSD, GB50OT,
HA8LNT, OE6KYG, OH6NPV, OH7QR/m, OK2RZ, ON5WL, ON6EN, ON6HE,
OO0A. RX9WN, S51DX, SP4AVG, YL3DX
Adjudication:
DL1RNN; DF3OL (e-logs)
DL9CE; DJ7ST (paper logs)
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Comment: (translation predominantly by DK3UZ, tks Eddi)
The often somewhat non-productive 20m band played a vital
role in this OQRPC. Especially stations further away from the center of
contest activity made the majority of contacts here, resulting in -at last-
satisfied comments. A pleasant surprise after previous fears regarding
the skip zone, etc...
On the other hand home-made gear -with an emphasis on 80 & 40m- appeared
to
be less attractive this time. The OQRPC does not exclude commercially
produced
equipment and is free from a 5w-QRP-limit "fundamentalism". But we
especially
welcome individual creativity and also "exotic" equipment to the results
table.
Too many OPs "hide away" their small results achieved thus behind
submitting checklogs, though actually they demonstrated QRP in a true
spirit.
The latter of which the OQRPCs initiators will continue to support. So
please make sure you also
use your homebrew equipment in the OQRPC though you own
comfortable commercial gear (e.g. FT-817) as well. The main stream will take
care of itself...
But it will have no chance to stream very much in the
21st Homebrew & Oldtime-Equipment Party on 16th November.
cu there&then,
73/2 Hartmut ("Hal"), DJ7ST
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