RSGB Commonwealth Contest, CW
Call: VE6CNU
Operator(s): VE6CNU
Station: VE6CNU
Class: Open HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 9
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 6
40: 30
20: 114
15: 10
10:
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Total: 160 Total Score = 2,320
Club:
Comments:
Sounds like similar condx to what Bud, VA7ST, reported - only worse. I never
did hear Africa or Asia at all and the increased solar wind on Saturday morning
made it difficult to copy anything on 20m. There were loud noise bursts and
rapid QSB which required multiple repeats of calls and exchanges. 40m was
really poor and 80m was virtually hopeless, except for a few strong VE3s. As
this was my first BERU contest, I wasn't sure what to expect, but there didn't
seem to be much activity. This was probably due to a number of factors, such
as my poor location, poor propagation, nothing fancy station, and maybe fewer
participants because of conditions. I also had some family commitments so I
couldn't work as many hours as I would have liked. It probably wouldn't have
made much difference, though.
I used N1MM to log the contest as I tried to figure out SDC but couldn't. It
looked like something from the old DOS days and I really don't want to spend
hours learning something that I'll only use, at best, once a year. The only
thing N1MM did was to allow me to reformat the log to Cabrillo. It was useless
for scoring as this contest has no multipliers (which N1MM put in). Also, the
rules were not that clear to me, but I still tried my best anyway. It didn't
explain the difference betwee 12 hours and 24 hours (was this operating time?),
what constituted time off (was there any?), and when the 12 hour period could
start. So I don't know which category I'm in since I worked less than 12 hours
but maybe not the first 12 hours.
The best thing was seeing all the ZLs and VKs come out of the woodwork. It was
fun to work them on so many bands. If we ever get some solar activity, this
should be a fun contest down the road.
73,
Jerry
VE6CNU
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