CQ WW 160m CW as OK6W SO non-assisted

Pavel OK1MU run CQ WW 160 CW 2020 in Single OP non-assisted from OL7M contest QTH.

There is his 3830 post:

Two years ago the storm has destroyed our original vertical for the TOP band, so we decided to build a brand new, huge and stable 39 m high vertical with 120 radials. After two years of work, the project was completed and this was the first big contest where we could test the new vertical in real operation. 

Before the contest I set my private goal to try overcome the 1.400 QSOs and try to break also the 15 years old national SOSB record by Jirka OK1RF. The whole contest was good old one man show - just one radio and one operator, no SO2R, no DX cluster, no spots, no web sdr scams, as today becomes common with some pooor guy... The combination of nice CONDX and excellent activity on the band eventually exceeded all my expectations. Best hour was 172 QSO, after three hours there were 420 QSO in the log. National record was broken after 19 hours on the contest. Its amazing and I enjoyed every one minute for full 30 hours. My final result in SOSB with just 30 hours QRV is better than all our results from OL7M in previous years, when we were full time in MS. Incredible. 

Thank to Jan OK2ZAW for technical support before the contest, all technology worked perfectly without any problem full contest. Big thanks to you everyone who called me, because without you, this great result would never been possible! 

Thanks and see you soon in ARRL CW in Multi Pavel OK1MU/OK6W

Tunning part to SWR 1 : 1,02

ARRL RTTY RU 2020 as OL7M M/S

Again after a year there was the first Multi Single contest. There is a few photos and 3830 notes from Pavel OK1MU. Also some work was done :)

ARRL RTTY RU - Nice start  of new contesting year. Since some multipliers were only on FT4, for the first time we had to try this kind of operation. We made 1 x FT8 and 73 x FT4 QSO. Technologically, FT modes are very interesting, but .... Of course, everybody does what he enjoys, but this is nothing for us. In addition, we had also big problems with logging, rewriting QSO numbers etc. FT4 and FT8 should have their own special contest but should not be counted as the usual DIGI modes where the human factor is needed. This is a purely automatic robotic thing without the necessity of a human. Btw, number of our qso with NA for all years when we regularly participate in ARRL Roundup:

2013 - 693 QSO 

2014 - 682 QSO 

2015 - 443 QSO 

2016 - 516 QSO 

2017 - 425 QSO 

2018 - 444 QSO 

2020 - 625 QSO 

Anyway, the contest was great and we enjoyed it very mutch. Thank you all for ALL QSOs and we look forward next time.

Upgraded 4 TRX Remote/SO2R switch box and 2el Moxon for 40m

 New members of OL7M family :)

Stew Perry OK6W from OL7M

Pavel OK1MU is enjoying Christmas holiday also at OL7M contest QTH. Expect the 160m DXing he run also Stew Perry Top Band Challenge.

There is his 3830 post:

One of the most interesting contest of the year. Many friends on the air and good conditions towards the NA. Worked 300 x NA and 16 x JA. Used IC-775DSP, 40m Vertical and 8 BVRGs. Thank you for all the QSOs and see soon you during ARRL RTTY Roundup. Happy New Year! Pavel, OK1MU (OK6W)

Our new Top Band vertical

 SH5 statistics:

 NA QSOs

Call: OK6W
Operator(s): OK1MU
Station: OL7M

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Policko
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Location: Northern Europe

Summary:   Compare Scores
Total:	QSOs	729	Total Score	5,669

Radio Astronomy 8.4 GHz, part 1: building antenna

It was my childhood dream, EME and radio astronomy. I took long years and now I do have room and rest parts but missing time :) This winter (2019) I have decided to do something. On the wine with my friend Lubos OK2BEN we have started to speak about mechanical parts. He sent me full mechanical drawings after a few weeks :) What a service. Also with the full list of parts so I just could order it and start...

The mechanical system is based on nice HW by Marek OK2DL. 

A few years ago we got nice 4m dish from NEC. It has got f/b = 0,25. It is not very usable for EME. I have decided to learn more about mechanical systems and good RX from the space. This is great possibility.

So I bought welding machine and started learning :) There is a lot of to improve and learn...

Thanks to my girlfriend Lucka for help :)

Franta OK1CA visited me one day and we spoke about satellites, EME and also 8.4 GHz. He offered me his septum feed design. I bought all parts for two pieces and found one Sunday. Result was one feed which I sent to Franta for tunning. Thanks a lot Franto! He allowed me to publish his designe: HERE you can download it.

I found small piece of CuAg sheet and started.

And there are results for port isolation and S11:

 Photos from Franta: Kumar for dish