[3830] CQWW SSB 5X1T SOSB 10 assisted

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      Call: 5X1T (ON6TT,op)   Country:  Uganda
      Mode: SSB               Category: SOSB 10m high power, assisted
                                               

      BAND     QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO   ZONES COUNTRIES
       10     4557    13546     2.97     40     175

Totals: 2,912,390 pts

FT1000MP, 2x Alpha 91b, Force12, R7

Club Affiliation: RRDXA

Remarks:
Running from 5X1Z's QTH. Forgot he had no VHF antenna, so had no 
cluster access. Heard but did not work a couple of the mults: VP2M, 
V3, D2,.. Listened on VP2M for 2 hours, and he did not hear me.
Nicest surprises were KL7Y and JW5E calling me. Each one a double and 
very much wanted multiplier.
I stayed up until the very end of the contest, even though there was 
not much to be heard. but by 2330z, seemed many people turned their 
antennas back to Africa, and worked 3 more multipliers in a row: P2, 
VK9L and HR.

had some good pileups. QRATE says:
        best minute: 8 QSOs/minute 
        best 10 minutes: 60 QSOs/10 minutes
        best hour: 303 QSOs/hour

This years' contest was close to the peak of the 11 year cycle, at the 
yearly peak for 10m, and at a point with low indices. How much better 
could it get?
10m was open with massive signals 24h/day. Pileups spread from 28,200
to 29,250. 1 MHz full with contests. Never heard that before.
It is always a yearly high to hear, as the starting time of the 
contest come closer, people setting up stations, coming on the air 
from rare places, and then warming up for the contest a few hours 
before.
Like Formula 1 drivers blowing smoke while warming up....

This was my last radio-weekend in 5X.

Peter Casier, 
5X1T/ON6TT



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