[UK-CONTEST] GM4YXI EUHFC

[Dr K Kerr]

European HF Championship

Call: GM4YXI
Operator(s): GM4YXI
Station: GM4YXI

Class: SSB Only HP
QTH: Ellon, AB
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Mults
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   160:   0      66     39
    80:   0     130     46
    40:   0     206     51
    20:   0     325     54
    15:   0      94     41
    10:   0       5      5
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Total:   0     826    236  Total Score = 192,812

Shame about 15, and especially 10m where I only heard EA5DFV and S57UN 
CQing, the other 3 Qs were passes and, excepting GM3BCL, were ESP! No other 
sigs heard. Most of the East EUs being worked by EA and I on 15m were 
inaudible here. Tried to resist going to 20m too soon. It was busy to begin 
with but pretty much dried up, so the afternoon was very slow. Probably a 
bit too late in getting to 40m. QRM ++ from contesters, incl CW 
contesters!, teleprinters, ragchewers, who clearly thought we had no right 
to be there, carriers and, no contest would be complete without 'em, some 
owners of SSTV gear. It is also quite remarkable how narrow some operators 
SSB filters must be ;-) Patience, however, is a virtue, which I try very 
hard to exercise. It is usually successful. 80m was great fun and 160 had a 
decent amount of activity to see off the event.

It was great to see so much activity from the UK on the low bands, 
especially from lots of M3 (just like in WPX) as well as loads of G1,6,7 
and 8 calls. Almost without exception, the experience of these operators 
showed in getting a complete QSO in difficult conditions. Weak signal VHF 
is a good place to learn how to make QSOs but it is great to have this 
wider access to HF. Thanks to all for supporting contesting.

Best wishes
Keith GM4YXI (aka GM8YJU !)