[3830] CQWW CW G3TXF SOSB(A)/10 HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: G3TXF
Operator(s): G3TXF
Station: G3TXF

Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP
QTH: Devon
Operating Time (hrs): 28

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10: 1738    36      147
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Total: 1738    36      147  Total Score = 747,372

Club: Chiltern DX Club

Comments:

10m conditions were seriously disturbed on the Saturday with huge echos on many
paths. The signals from the USA were weak and were all coming in on skew paths
over South America. Signals from South America and Africa, on the other hand,
were excellent and stable. It was just anything to do with 'North' that was in
trouble. Conditions improved slightly by Sunday morning, and were really good
by Sunday afternoon. Was able to have a five-hour solid run into the
USA/Canada, with loud crisp signals on the Sunday afternoon. A complete
contrast to the weak, distorted and skewed signals that characterised much of
Saturday.

On the Saturday the loud echos added even more to the ferociousness of the
"Cluster/Skimmer generated Pile-Ups".

Doing a Single Band 10m entry in theory allows for plenty of beauty sleep,
before, during and after the contest. However rather than just going to bed on
Saturday evening and getting up early on Sunday all refreshed ready for another
full day on 10m, G3TXF spent all the night prowling around 160m trying to work
anything interesting that was around. No sooner had the sunrise session on
Topband finished than it was time for a quick breakfast before getting back to
the "day job" on 10m!

Worked 36 Zones with 01, 19, 31 and 34 missed.

No JA heard or worked on Saturday, and just one JA worked on the Sunday. Have
we perhaps already passed the sun-spot peak? Is it my memory playing tricks on
me, but don't I recall working JAs by the bucket loads on 10m during previous
sun-spots 'peaks'?

With conditions well down on the Saturday, G3TXF ended up getting a lower score
doing "Assisted" this year (2012) than had been made operating "Un-assisted" in
2011, when conditions had been so much better.

The last QSO on Saturday was at 1740z, whereas on Sunday it was almost two
hours later at 1933z. On Saturday the final hour of the contest (1640z to
1740z) was only South Americans (PY, LU and CE). Whereas the last signals to be
heard on 10m on the Sunday evening at the much later time were the few remaining
Caribbean and USA stations. 

Antenna : single 4-el yagi at 80ft.


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