[UK-CONTEST] ARRL CW G3TXF SOSB 20m HP

[Nigel G3TXF]

ARRL DX Contest, CW

G3TXF        Single Op, Single Band 20m HP
QTH: Devon   QRV : 24 hours

Band    QSOs  Mults
------------------- 
  160:
   80:
   40:
   20:  1435    59
   15:
   10:
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 Total: 1435    59

Claimed score = 253,995

 Club: CDXC Chiltern DX Club

Quasi field-day operation from North Devon QTH. Arrived mid-afternoon 
Friday. Assembled and put 4el 20m yagi onto 80ft crank-up tower. Not quite 
finished before it gets dark. Wind up tower first thing Saturday morning, 
just in time to
work the huge early morning signal from VE6WQ (first QSO).

Operated 20m Single-Band in two 12-hour sessions. 1,042 QSOs were made on 
the Saturday, but only 393 Q's on the Sunday. Finding new stations to work 
on the Sunday was hard work.

The four missing Mults were the usual culprits : VO2-LAB, VY1-YT, VY0-NU and 
VE8-NWT. OK these places are all pretty cold and grim in February, but how 
about someone doing a mini DX-pedition to any of these super-rare Mults for 
the ARRL-CW Contest? It'd make a nice change from going to the winter warmth 
of Caribbean just to work the W/VE's - instead, it'd give the "DX" a rare 
mult in ARRL-CW!

Last QSO 2200z Sunday. First thing Monday morning : wind down tower, 
dismantle antenna, clear up station and do the four-hour drive back home.

Another great ARRL-CW Weekend!