[3830] Commonwealth G4PIQ/P(@G4MRS) Open HP

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                    RSGB Commonwealth Contest, CW

Call: G4PIQ/P
Operator(s): G4PIQ
Station: G4MRS

Class: Open HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 23.5
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:   49
   40:  107
   20:  118
   15:   83
   10:   17
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Total:  374  Total Score = 6,610

Club: 

Comments:

Quite a lot of dupes in my log, so here's the clean total..

Band  QSO   Bonus
80    49    28
40    107   68
20    118   68
15    83    56
10    17    17
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Total 374   237

Total Score = 1870 + 4740 = 6610 points

2 x FT1000MP + Ten Tec Titan + Alpha 87A

Ants : 80    Delta Loop @ 22m
       40    402CD @ 23m
       HF    KT34A @ 28m + TH5 @ 23m + A3 @ 25m
       Rx    140m Beverage NW + 100m random bit of wire NE unterminated + 160m
Inv-L

Good things
------------
Condx better than during the ARRL SSB weekend

Being called by 9J2BO & ZS6UT on 80m bang on cue at their sunrise

Working 4 x ZL at our sunrise + 2 x VK6 at their sunset on 80m

Working out that the 160m Inv-L was the only antenna that I could copy VK6VZ on
80 on

40m totals

With the 80m noise problems making about as many QSOs / bonuses on 80 as Dave
G4BUO / Don G3BJ

10m better than it could have been 

Nothing blew up


Bad Things
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20 mins late starting - didn't hear alarm & got to shack to find beverage coax
all tangled up. Ended up putting Beverages up quickly rather than in best place
(which is still not great!) - they were as much use as a chocolate teapot. 

Struggling to hear anything much through my 80m noise floor - thanks to all
callers for your patience. If you called me & I didn't reply I'd be interested
to know..

Listening on 80m to Dave work someone at east-coast VK sunrise who I couldn't
hear + listening to Don work VE5s on 80m I couldn't hear. Sorry... there's an
80m whinge thread developing here...

Some run-ins with the 80m DX window police as the BERU operating bubble crept
down the band. One did shut up sending QSY DX only though when I immediately
replied to ZL6QH instead of him!

Missed some silly stuff again - no 9J2BO on 15, only 1 x 5B4 on 80m, no VE9 on
some bands etc.

Some bad inter radio QRM when all crowded down the bottom of the band

73

Andy


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