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I have just submitted my #IARU #HF #Contest log.

Sat for about 7 h total, #CW only. Conditions: Xiegu G90, #QRP=5 W. 5-metre vertical wire on a fishing rod, with 49:1. Iambic paddles, 20 WPM. Using #not1mm to log (found a bug in the Cabrillo export!).

Total 99 unique QSOs, almost all in Europe, about 12850 points.

I'm more and more convinced that my contest call sign, which I chose as the shortest possible call sign, EE5E, is too short and leads to many repeats.

Der #Contest ist vorbei, es waren anstrengende 24 h und mittlerweile haben alle eine Mütze Schlaf nachgeholt.
Zeit für ein Fazit:

Die Funkbedingungen waren den ganzen #Contest über eher mäßig. Sehr starkes QSB machte die Verständigung schwierig. Trotzdem konnten wir 262 Stationen in 9 Ländern arbeiten und funkten so über eine kommulierte Strecke von über 50.000 km.

Uns hat es super viel Spaß gemacht!

#DARC #N47 #Gütersloh #Stromberg #Oelde
#UKW #VHF #Ham #Afu #Amateurfunk #Tim_gefällt_das

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   HOBBES: Well, the important thing is that we tried our best.
   CALVIN: The important thing is that we lost!
   HOBBES: Oops, I always forget the purpose of competition is to divide people into winners and losers.
   CALVIN: What’s the point of trying if you can’t be a winner?

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1993-05-07)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4798/