[3830] BARTG GU0SUP SOAB-6 LP

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                    BARTG HF RTTY Contest

Call: GU0SUP
Operator(s): GU0SUP
Station: GU0SUP

Class: SOAB-6 LP
QTH: Guernsey
Operating Time (hrs): 6

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Countries  Call Areas
-----------------------------------
   80:    0       0          0
   40:   17      14          1
   20:   54      28          7
   15:   19      14          1
   10:   11       9          0
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Total:  101      65          9  Continents = 6  Total Score = 44,844

Club: DL-DX RTTY Contest Group

Comments:

Hi all,

Well, I am left wondering just why I decided to enter the 6-hour section only
on Sunday. Got up at around 0640, made a coffee and went to the shack prepared
for some nice pile-ups on 40m, but that didn't happen.
I was very pleased to bag PJ7/N1SNB for a new band-slot there, but after that,
it was only a few EU stations.
So, on to 20m. Have I got the right weekend? If so, where is everyone.
Then I check spaceweather(dot)com and see that a large CME hit us just before.

I ought to have called it a day after one hour, taken a 3-hour break and
started again, but I had been given "leave of absence" for 3 hours in the
morning, and 3 in the afternoon by the "camp commandant", so I stuck it out for
3 hours, but wish I had taken up knitting instead!
Still, the afternoon was better, but most W's had seriously heavy flutter on
the signals.

Oh well, at least I got my low-band antennas repaired after our Force 9 gales
and serious blizzard conditions on Monday/Tuesday of this week.
Yes, Guernsey had snow! Around 6" to 8" of it, and wind-chill temps of below
-10C, which is very unusual.
My wires had a 1/2" coating of ice, and that plus Force 9 winds, pulled them
down.
Not often we get snow, and very rare to get that much. According to the media,
it was the worst snowfall for 30 years.

Thanks to all for the points, and your patience, due to the conditions.

73 de Phil GU0SUP


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