[UK-CONTEST] EU Sprint SSB M0BBB HP

[Stavros Tsiakkouris]

                  EU Spring Sprint, SSB

Call: M0BBB

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Cambridge, UK
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   41         
   40:   92         
   20:   67         
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Total:  200   Total Score = 200

Club: Worldwide Young Contesters

Comments:

What an enticing contest! It certainly keeps you on the move. Had a great
time and came across many friends. This was only my second entry in this
contest but I am definitely hooked. Serial numbers seem to be getting higher
each year and participation from young contesters is especially noticeable.

Surprisingly, the dominant band in my log was 40m with 30% of the contacts
being made with German stations. I started looking for stations to call on
40m rather early (1530Z first QSO) due to the poor performance on 20m.
Throughout the contest, 20m was a bad band for me and I had problems
attracting stations to my CQs even though I was using a Yagi (TH5 at 15m). I
switched to 80m at 1808Z and had a good rate for about 20 minutes while
working all the new stations. The inverted-V seemed to be working quite well
and having managed to break a few of the mini-pileups I ended up with the
impression that I was relatively strong on this band.       

Strongest signal must go to Tonno, ES5TV who seemed to be everywhere (always
made my TS-850 "light up" when I came across him). I worked five non-EU
stations including YB2DI, OD5UH, and A61AV. I am looking forward to the CW
leg. Even though I have some other commitments that clash with the contest,
I will definitely be active during the first two hours.

Congratulations to Andy, G4PIQ for the fine score.


Stavros M0BBB