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Dominic Smith

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Russian DX Contest 2008

I was active from 15th-16th March 2008 from the Cambridge University Wireless Society shack in the Russian DX Contest. This was a part-time operation, due to work and the CDXC Dinner on Saturday evening, SOSB on 20m only.

In about five hours on, I worked 387 QSOs. Top rate was 120 Qs an hour at around 14:00 UTC on Saturday. Sunday morning was very slow going, as I found propagation to be worse. Highlights were being called by VK3 and HZ on Saturday. Slightly worrying is the number of dupes worked, suggesting that I might have been incorrectly spotted at some point on Saturday afternoon.

Results

I came 54th of 254 entries in the SOSB/20 category, 47th of 182 in Europe. (See the official results). After log-checking, I had 335 QSOs, giving a total of 181,104 points, a reduction of some 19% from the claimed score. This was still sufficient to give me 2nd place in England in the SOSB 14MHz category.

Certificate

Points

Band	SSB	CW	Dupes	DXCC	Oblasts	Points
20	337	25	6	44	47	2454

This gives a total of 223 314 points claimed.

UBN


M0BLF claimed and confirmed results in RDXC-2008
Entry : SOSB-14

              C l a i m e d:             C o n f i r m e d:
       QSOs Points DXCC Obls  Total  QSOs Points DXCC Obls  Total

Total :  368  2454  44  47   223314    335  2058  43  45   181104
  14  :  368  2454  44  47             335  2058  43  45

  Penalties for:
    bad calls = 2
    bad exchanges = 11
    not in log = 0
  Other missed QSOs (no penalty) = 14
  Unical calls = 1

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Band Mode UTC  Station   Sent Rcvd

 14  SSB 13:15 RU3VV      031  VL    Your exchange was copied as 023
 14  SSB 13:55 UT8NT      083  029   Your exchange was copied as 093
 14  SSB 13:56 HA6IAM     085  093   Correct exchange is 070
 14  SSB 14:07 UA3EUW     102  KA    Correct exchange is OR
 14  SSB 14:18 UA3RLT     126  TB    M0BLT in UA3RLT log
 14  SSB 14:24 RK4WWQ     136  UD    DM0BLF in RK4WWQ log
 14  SSB 14:26 RW4NN      143  VG    Correct exchange is KI
 14  SSB 14:55 IZ8CDM     193  073   Correct callsign is IZ8CLM
 14  SSB 14:56 YO6AJI     194  001   Correct exchange is 002
 14  SSB 15:17 RV3DDB     219  KA    Correct exchange is MO
 14  CW  15:37 YT9A       227  317   Correct exchange is 361
 14  SSB 16:08 HA8IB      234  320   M0BZF in HA8IB log
 14  SSB 16:32 OL2T       252  065   Correct exchange is 055
 14  SSB 16:36 UA6HHT     258  ST    Correct callsign is UA6HHE
 14  SSB 16:41 RX6AMV     264  KR    Your exchange was copied as 364
 14  SSB 16:44 YT7TA      270  052   Correct exchange is 050
 14  SSB 16:46 UA4HUR     274  SR    Your exchange was copied as 374
 14  CW  09:47 UA2FL      294  KA    Your exchange was copied as 293
 14  SSB 10:18 TA0U       307  760   Correct exchange is 767
 14  SSB 10:21 RW9UZZ     310  KE    M0BVF in RW9UZZ log
 14  SSB 10:40 UA2AB      325  KA    Your exchange was copied as 305
 14  SSB 10:57 LZ1ND      339  899   Correct exchange is 895
 14  SSB 11:12 OH4XX      351  152   Your exchange was copied as 851
 14  CW  11:40 UW7F       361  730   M0BLL in UW7F log
 14  SSB 11:53 RV9JE      364  HM    Your exchange was copied as 362
 14  SSB 11:54 RW9UU      365  KE    Your exchange was copied as 375
 14  SSB 11:58 W3UA       367  1129  Correct exchange is 1149

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I previously took part in this contest in 2006 from my home QTH, when I managed 105 QSOs (27 DXCCs, 35 Oblasts) totalling 49 910 points.

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