[UK-CONTEST] CQWW CW G3TXF SOAB HP

[Nigel Cawthorne]

Hullo UK Contesters,

Here's my CQWW CW 2002 SOAB HP [no packet] effort:
 
Call: G3TXF
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: North Devon
Operating Time (hrs): 46.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  203    10       57
   80:  731    19       76
   40:  389    22       86
   20:  427    23       82
   15:  680    27       95
   10:  836    26      103
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Total: 3266   127      499  Total Score = 4,365,724

Almost did full 48-hours - but fell asleep for 90 minutes while CQing on 80m on
Sunday morning, hence QRV = 46.5 hours! Being the CQWW CW, there was loads of
activity and interesting stuff to work, but I thought that conditions were
deceptive in that the huge amount of activity masked the fact that conditions
were not that good. On HF (21/28) there was plenty of stations to work but many
of the more distant Zones just never appeared in the log, eg no JA heard or
worked on 28MHz and only a handful (of the big JAs) on 21MHz. On 160m signals
from DX-stations seemed weaker than they can be. Precious little heard from the
Caribbean on 160m - just FM5GU. No matter, it was great fun - CQWW CW is the
world's greatest Contest - whatever the band conditions!

73 - Nigel G3TXF