Tomorrow I have everything ready to participate in the CQ DX MM, also known as Manchester Mineira, in its first edition internacional.Ha been really hard and complicated to make time to go implement all the changes I want to prove, as one friend said I had to steal time to hours stolen from other obligations. Although over time my interest has grown to participate in the contest for yourself the original idea was to find an opportunity to test all changes in the station before the CQ WPX CW 2011, intended that some lower-ranking remains the main objective . The preliminary planning was shared in a previous post, I have made some refinements to the predictions of propagation but with adjustments in power to keep in mind that although I will participate in the SSN QRP using VOACAP is not correct (my rough calculation with a simple propagation model is that I have to do the calculations as if you were to use 50W instead of 5W to compensate for differences). The seasonal changes surely will point out in subsequent posts, but basically have been the implementation of SO2R station including new handling system, new audio processing rig1 switch controller and audio (started to describe in the previous entry in the blog). There is also a new team in the season, rig1 becomes a Yaesu FT-840 while rig2 becomes the Yaesu FT-100D formerly fulfilled that role. I managed to operate the antenna configuration Hustler 3BTV (10-15 and 20 m) which gives me the important addition of 15 meters and did not have before, the antenna performance is reasonable both in reception and in transmission (more the former than the latter) as the evidence did during the past weekend. Also prove an all new platform N1MM as logger, which was also tested during the past weekend. And that together with many other minor changes in the layout of the station and the operational configuration. Many things to try, many things may not go as planned. 
The VOACAP gives the following forecast of propagation (attached) with Kansas, U.S.. It is true that this year the contest is open to everyone, but there is no evidence which will involve other areas and previous editions the W-area participants were most conveying the impression that competition is a well accepted and known there.
I guess the reality is present only during the contest, the run plan leaves room to capture significant business from the U.S. and even if JA had to use (I hope) the SO2R, and of course adjust the activity to reality .
Standing on today and the prospect that the pattern of participants is not significantly different from the previous edition run plan that corresponds this spread would be approximately 220M100 with the profile given by the figure below. Since QRP to participate must be done in SO AB QRP runplan the preliminary attempts to take into account all these considerations.
The main focus is trying to work the run with rig1 using directional antenna, this antenna is that it gives me the kind of performance that can be enabled to participate in QRP. With the antenna Hustler I can try to "hunting" in other bands (CQ DX MM has no rules holding band or maximum change). Probably the only band that could not keep well as hunt is 40 meters (for which I have only one antenna). Trying to see if it can "catch" something opportunistically on 80 meters has the appeal of much leverage points and multipliers, but we have to see how realistic it is. In CQ WW SSB on 80 meters HP spent little or nothing in QRP chances are at least questionable, but as they say in Argentina ".. the not already have it.". Really happy and anxious at the same time with the expectation to see how things go.
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