The first leg of the test started really bad and already after that I have made 3 contacts on the night at 03 local time did I experiences a huge SWR with 100W in reflection from the antenna. It was only to shut down the station and try to sleep to the morning.

The next day did I take down the antenna array to examine what could be the big trouble. After some checking did I find what was the fault. TX/RX relay did not seems to be so good any more. Lucky as I was to have one Transco relay in spare. So after a hard work with the repairing could I set up the antenna again to be ready at lunch time and make some few contacts before my moon set this first moon pass.

In the evening this day was I ready to go for It.

The good thing with the first leg was that I worked China and Crete as new DXCC.

In the second leg seem the conditions to be worse. It was also not so good times for us in EU and Asia, I was really tired when contest started at 01 local time at Saturday but the result do not look so bad when I look at it with 102 QSO. Also happy to work several new squares.

My Rig:

800W to the antenna

4 x 11 el DK7ZB 3,5 WL H and V pol

Antenna LNA 0,5 dB

TS-2000 and WSJT 9

Funcube Pro+ Dongle Linrad MAP-65