[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW CW SOAB QRP G0WAT

[Paul Brice-Stevens]

CALL: G0WAT      MODE: duh! 
.

Power used:  5w  QRP/p (5W or less).                .

Claimed Score:      263872       .

QSOs    QSO     points   Zones   Countries
160m:                      6            6        2           6
80m:            134        149        7         42
40m:            146        236      10         49
20m:              78        102      11         36
15m:            131        233      15         42
10m:            106        266      15         31

Totals:         601
Points:         992
Zones:            60
Countries:      206
Multipliers:    266
Claimed Score:      263872
Radio:           TS570
Antenna(s):     HF6V + G5RV (sort-of)
Logging:        Writelog (and very good it was too)
Hours worked: about 32/33 I think

Despite a try to get myself invited onto a multi-op team it was a show 
from home this year...I think I did OK...looking at last years Radcom 
its not a bad score...had to borrow a radio as my Omni V is a bit 
ill...our local radio clubs TS570 ,as well as a HF6V (tnx G4JVG)...I had 
had visions of putting up a G5RV so I could switch between Horizontal & 
Vertical...however an error in where I could put the thing up meant that 
it was only about 15ft at max and bent around the garden to 
boot!...consequently the HF6 outperformed it in all cases so ended up 
using that for the whole show...with the exception of 160 which I 
somehow managed to load the G5RV up on (although suspect most of the 5w 
was serving as central heating for the ATU), very pleased to work GU4YOX 
on 160, Bob you were using ESP I think!...I thought Condx where a bit 
odd?...I was very surprised to go to 20 after consistently mining 15/10 
for most of Saturday daylight only to find it closed!...ended Saturday 
with 1 Q on 20!...goes to show I should have checked earlier...nice to 
work a smattering of DX...getting XT2DX was a good'un although only one 
band..managed HC8N on 40 15 & 10 which was good...but no 
Asia/Pacific/Oceania to be heard in Welwyn Garden City :(...I had 
planned to go to sleep for a few hour on Saturday night and recommence 
on Sunday morning about 2 to 3am...however either I didn't wake up or 
the alarm is on the blink because I didn't wake up nutil 7am on the 
Sunday...9 hours out of the middle of the contest, what a pain!..still 
great fun and it would be really great to do QRP from a big station one 
day, beams and such like!...that would be significantly easier than 5w 
and a back garden vertical...if I had a penny for every time I repeated 
di-dah dah, di-dah, dah for WAT I would be about £6.01 the richer ;)

73

Paul
G0WAT


-- 
Paul Brice-Stevens