CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: GM4YXI
Operator(s): GM4YXI
Station: GM4YXI
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ellon
Operating Time (hrs): 37
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 126 8 43
80: 508 16 78
40: 644 22 77
20: 423 29 77
15: 522 29 77
10: 705 25 80
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Total: 2928 129 432 Total Score = 3,278,484
Club: North of Scotland CG
Comments:
Another aurora-blighted weekend. 80m was probably the star band (albeit a rather
faint one!). 40m has great potential but a combination of being in Eu and a
quarter wave vertical antenna makes it hard to realise. Staying in the chair
ranked with propagation as the biggest problem (apart from questionable CW
ability). Had unexpected work issues take me out on Saturday (daylight) morning
and all Saturday evening/night was lost.
I really enjoyed the whole event though I found it really hard going 'cos my CW
is not really up to the job. By Sunday night..and probably before..I was really
struggling to read the code, so apologies for all those fills!
I can but echo comments I have already seen here and elsewhere. Conditions, esp
on the high bands, were PUNK at this QTH. Some operators (and not ones
CW-challenged like me) seem to think that any combination of letters is a reply
to them. Just because 'you' are in a hurry to work me, does not give 'you' the
right to be first in the queue. I am in just as much of a hurry and this sort of
practice slows everyone down. 40m in Eu, even on CW, is a zoo....here, no-one
has any right to any frequency, even if you've been running it for some time!
All this sounds more 'negative' than is fair. I had a great time. I just need to
improve my CW and try to make SO2R work on this mode. This weekend, I didn't
even attempt any passes until Sunday afternoon.
Best Wishes to all
Keith GM4YXI
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