[UK-CONTEST] IOTA G3YMC SO QRP

[Dave Sergeant]

G3YMC:            SINGLE-OP ALL QRP CW UNASSISTED 12-HOURS
                           
 80m   40m   20m   15m   10m  Total

    Valid QSOs:        2       20      64     69     15     170
    Multipliers:          1         7      21     20       8      57
    Points:              18      132    492   519   129   1290

Claimed score: 73,530

Rig Elecraft K2, 5W, antenna 60 ft long wire at 20 ft.

Just a little dabble in this contest and you wouldn't have thought I 
had spent a full 12 hours in it judging from my low score! Conditions 
continue to be most uninspiring and it was hard to find much in the 
way of dx never mind work it with QRP. I was particularly 
disappointed in the post dawn period on Sunday. I had chosen my 
operating hours specifically to use this time before I had to go out, 
and was hoping for some QSOs on 15 and 10, but in the event even 20 
was dead for much of the time. I also had the distinct impression 
that activity was down, though the big stations seemed to be finding 
plenty to work.

Continuing the problems with SDI in this contest, I notice the 
Cabrillo output does not have an option to select for the QRP 
section. I have edited my Cabrillo to read 'SINGLE-OP ALL QRP CW', 
hope this is correct.

On the subject of Cabrillo, there is comment in this months RadCom 
(p. 39) on the lack of comments in received logs. Perhaps this is 
because Cabrillo does not encourage this with stylised lines starting 
'SOAPBOX'. OK, it is easy to add more lines, but it does not 
encourage comments in the same way as free flowing text would.

73 Dave G3YMC



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