[UK-CONTEST] CQWW CW

[Bob Henderson]

CQ Worldwide DX Contest,

CW Call: P3F
Operator(s): 5B4AGN
Station: P3F
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Pafos
Operating Time (hrs): 42
 
Summary:
Band    QSOs    Zones    Countries
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160:         128        14            48
80:           396        25            77
40:         1434        34          110
20:         1387        32            94
15:         1100        28            98
10:         1125        29            92
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Total:      5570      162          519    Total Score = 10,733,922

What a fun weekend. CQWW CW is the highlight of the contesting year. 
Conditions better than expected with some good openings on 10 metres. 
The LF bands were somewhat less inspiring. A few glitches during the 
contest but mostly things worked pretty well. I even had some respite 
from the abominable HV line noise I suffer from at this QTH. Apart from 
an 8 hour spell which started late Saturday afternoon and made going 
rather heavy, the lines stayed unusually quiet over the weekend. 
Now.......if I could stay awake for the full 48 hours I could start to 
become dangerous!

Highlights:

Being called by and working ZD8Z and AH2R one after the other on 80m.
Managing to crack the pile to work TO4WW on 40 and 80 metres.
Working the guys at 5U5Z on 6 bands.
Hearing and working so many great operators.
W8JI click mods to my FT1kMP make me clean as a whistle.

Lowlights:

W8JI click mods to my FT1k mean those folks with horrible clicky signals 
can sidle up right next to me!
Boy there were some lousy signals.
The frequency stealers and jammers. Do these guys belong to a club or 
are they just freelancers? Whatever it is they seem a lot more 
conscientious these days.
Thanks for all the Qs. I have my fingers crossed we'll see more good 
conditions for the ARRL 10m event. However, I think chance will be a 
fine thing!

73 Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F , G3ZEM