[3830] IOTA GU8D Multi-Op HP

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                    IOTA Contest

Call: GU8D
Operator(s): G3SJJ, G3SVL, G4DRS, G4IIY, GU0SUP
Station: GU8D

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: Guernsey
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  CW Mults  Ph Qs  Ph Mults
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   80:  124       36      179      40
   40:  238       57      190      52
   20:  331       52      809     106
   15:  146       41      306      61
   10:   38       19      127      20
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Total:  877      205     1611     279  Total Score = 7,490,868

Club: 

Comments:

A great contest and an excellent weekend. Island activity appeared higher
     but was spoilt by poor HF band conditions. 15m in particular did not
     support longer distance traffic such as JA, VK and ZL. 10m was also
     disappointing, providing just a few Eu QSOs on Sunday morning.

     As if poor band conditions weren’t enough we also suffered problems on
15m
     with both our beams. The TH6 was very prone to a local high noise level
and
     really made running and multiplier searching difficult, the A4S located
50m
     away was quieter but had a high SWR on the band. We subsequently found it
     was resonant on 21900 with an open circuit driven element trap.

     We all enjoyed the multi-mode aspect of this contest, switching from SSB
to
     CW and vice-versa when the need arose. A feature of the GU8D operations
     have been team-spirit. All members of the group commented on how well the
     team works together. Our thanks to members of Guernsey Amateur Radio
     Society who have worked so hard on station improvements. We are already
     looking forward to next year’s event.

     Equipment : 2 x FT1000MP, Acom 1000 and Explorer 1200 amplifiers, TH6 at
     20m, A4S at 12m, 80m dipole at 18m, 40m diamond loop apex at 17m.

     Logging Program: NA v10.57, 3 networked laptops, separate DX Cluster
     access.


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