[UK-CONTEST] IOTA 2004 - GM0CLN 12HRCW LP

[Smith, Colin R (UK Edinburgh)]

For the first time in several years I wasn't taking part in a Multi-Multi entry for IOTA.   Although I have previously
enjoyed entering with GM2T (Tiree EU-008), GM5A (Islay EU-008) and GM4V (Benbecula EU-010) other commitments
meant that I had to be home based this year.   Until Thursday evening I wasn't expecting to enter but plans changed
and at the last minute I was able to scrape together a 12hr CW Low Power entry from home for the first half of the
contest.

I was never going to set the results table alight as my antennas were a quarter wave 20m wire vertical and a
40m (inverted-V) dipole with the apex at 25ft agl.  When the expected auroral conditions (which obviously did
materialise) were added to that I began the contest almost half-heartedly with fairly lowly expectations.

There were some signs of life on 10m early on and I managed to scrape a few QSO's there in the first couple of hours
but otherwise I worked from 15m downwards as the day went on.   Conditions on 15m were patchy and 20m too was
quite hard work.  I had expected 40m to be a zoo, especially with low power and wires, but it was refreshingly easy
to maintain a moderate rate there.  On the other hand, I found 80m particularly hard work,probably due to my antenna
farm.

On the whole I used the 40m dipole but the vertical was noticeably better on 10m and 20m at times.   A combination
of poor conditions due to the aurora and loosing out in the pile-ups meant that there were very few non-European QSOs
in the log.   Disappointingly, the only IOTA Refs I managed outside Europe were YV7QP SA-012 (15M),
5B4AHA AS-004 (15m), and VY2/W1MO NA-029 (20m).   So, as already expected, nothing to set the results table
alight but good fun all the same!

Many thanks for the QSO's and good luck to all those submitting an entry.   My "unchecked" breakdown follows...

73 Colin (GM0CLN)




     Call: GM0CLN                              Location: EU005

     Category: SINGLE-OP 12HOUR CW LOW POWER   Power: 100W

     Equipment: TS850SAT, 40m Dipole, 20m 1/4 wave vertical

     Hours of Operation: 12

     Club or Team Name: GMDX GROUP                      


     band   CW QSOs    CW pts   CW muls
     ----------------------------------
      80        33       267        15
      40        80       492        21
      20        66       378        13
      15        51       297        13
      10         4        24         2
     ----------------------------------
     TOTAL     234      1458        64

     ( 1458 ) QSO points x ( 64 ) multipliers  =  93,312 points







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