[UK-CONTEST] CQWW CW G3TXF SOAB HP : 4.7m

[Nigel G3TXF]

Hullo UK Contesters,

CQWW CW : G3TXF  - SOAB HP

QTH: North Devon
Operating Time : 45 hours

Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  206    11       49
    80:  682    21       79
    40:  535    21       69
    20:  737    31       98
    15:  762    26       80
    10:  648    28       88
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Total: 3570   138      463

Claimed Score = 4,750,905

Great contest. CQWW struck lucky again by hitting a high in the
propagation. [Didn't the same thing happened in the SSB leg in
October?]

G3TXF was awake for 50 hours in total for CQWW CW. Three hours
operating time were lost because work had to be done sorting out
various antenna problems on Saturday. Otherwise it was full-time
operating, although mild halucinations (through lack of sleep) did set
in towards the end of the 48 hours!

That burst of ionospheric disturbance at about 19z/20z, which made
what remained of the HF bands sound like rusty-nails did nothing to
help conserve what little concentration there was left.

G3TXF's CW copying ability goes steeply downhill towards the end of
the contest. If there's more than one calling at the same time, the
brain just ceases up!

The claimed score (4.7m) is marginally up on last year's. The number
of QSOs was up by 10% (from 3,266 to 3,570), but the number of Mults
dropped from 621 to 599.

CQWW CW is simply the best CW contest of the year - so many
DX-peditions, so many great operators, so many great stations, so much
to work!

73 - Nigel G3TXF