[UK-CONTEST] IARU CONTEST - G3BJ

[Don Beattie]

My first attempt at this contest with any seriousness. Not the best of conditions, and Pacific/West Coast very poor. 10m almost useless on Saturday, but good on Sunday (for realtively short skip stuff). Got the impression that LF was not that good either.

I decided to do just an SSB entry, which I think I regretted after about an hour, but stuck to the decision. 

The GB5HQ gang were doing great business, and generating quite a lot of interest amongst the G stations, as a result of the RadCom article. Apart from the GB5HQ stations, there didn't seem to be very much serious contest activity from the UK.

Overall it was fun, if a little slow at times. Next time, perhaps, CW.

Anyway, for what it's worth:

      Call:      G3BJ

      Category:  Single op

      Power:     High Power

      Band:      All Band

      Mode:      SSB 

      Country:   England

 

     BAND      QSO   QSO-PTS   PTS/Q    ZONES  HQ STNS

 

 

      160       35       61     1.74      5     16

       80      101      223     2.21      8     25

       40      214      742     3.47     20     31

       20      633     2219     3.51     37     45

       15      461     1481     3.21     26     36

       10      326      950     2.91     15     28

     ---------------------------------------------------

 

     Totals   1770     5676     3.21    111    181

 

     Score: 1,657,392 points





    Usual stuff - 2 x FT1000MP + 2 linears, two multiband yagis, dipoles, verticals etc.



73



Don