[UK-CONTEST] IARU G3BJ SOAB MIXED

[Don Beattie]

Another IARU contest over. 

A bit mixed here this year.  Murphy was at work, quietly changing the logging band on the computer to 160SSB at every opportunity and requiring the logging programme to be closed and reopened to clear it. It also sneakily switched the rig to LSB, which was quite a surprise for the Ws when I was on 15 ! I think it is an RF problem or earthing somewhere in the CAT link to the rigs. Need to get it fixed before IOTA.

Anyway, score rather disappointing in the circumstances: 2.1M from 2650 Q's with only 238 mults.  I think I may have spent too much time running and not been disciplined enough to go mult hunting.   But they just kept calling !

HF conditions were quite fair, I thought, but 160 outside EU was disappointing here.

Last year I told myself I would not do another SSB entry in this contest - and I still did mixed this year. Next year for sure CW.

GB5HQ seemed very much in evidence and easy to work on all bands.

73 to all

Don, G3BJ