[UK-CONTEST] GU0SUP ARRL DX CW

[Andy swiffin]

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>
>>>> "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net> 02/22/05 10:25 am >>>
>Hi all,
>
>Had a little play in the ARRL DX CW contest on Sunday only, partly as
physio
>for my arm, but also to see just how many States I would be able to
work.
>In the end, it was far less than I had hoped, although I didn't find
>conditions as bad as Clive did.
>What was very curious was the 10m opening around 1900UTC!
>There were a good half-dozen or so East Coast US stations with S7 -
S9
>signals here, and they were worked quite easily.
>
>I was just playing, giving out some points, and having fun, hence the
score
>line:
>Band            QSO          W/VE
>20m                30              15
>15m                109             38
>10m                 7                5
>TOTAL          146              58
>Claimed score: 25404
>
>73 de Phil GU0SUP
>

Pretty much the same reasons for me, although I'm not sure that
waggling a manual key really counts as good physio for my Lateral
Epicondylitis (tennis elbow to you).  

Callsign       : GM8OEG
Claimed Score  : 23760 
Band  QSO State/prov
160m  10    9
80m    16    10
40m    20    10
20m     7      6
15m    67    31
10m     0     0
Total 120   66   total states 32

As you see I missed the 10m opening totally due to not ever going there
:-(  It's a shame because I worked w3lpl on every other band and it
would have been nice to have the clean sweep 10-160, no particular
reason - just nice.

I was doing it far from seriously as you can see but surprised I never
found some really easy states : AL, LA, SC, (but worked loads of TX) 
and heard almost no VE stations at all.  I'm pretty new to the low bands
so it was particularly heartbreaking to hear big signals from V26G on
80m and KV4FZ on 160 and not to be able to work them....


73

Andy
GM8OEG