Portable operating in the summer can be one of the main attractions of contesting. Not only do you get the chance to enjoy the summer, but a chance to try things you cant do at home.
Like many, home comes with a considerable amount of man made noise, operating in the middle of a field solves that!
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On this occasion we had setup around 1hr before the contest, so had enough time to call CQ and have a chat with other stations setting up for the contest.
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The contest lasted 2 hrs, and the first 60 minutes provided close on 40 QSO. The second hr wasn’t so busy, I guess we had worked most of the stations taking part.
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We worked 48 stations in total, best DX was MM0CEZ at 554 KM.
The QSO map can be found here. The claimed scores can be seen here.
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Thanks to Selim M0XTA and Dave M0YOL for their help in the contest.