[UK-CONTEST] IARU HF Championship contest 9/10 July 2005 - Mark M0CMQ.

[Mark Brendish]

Hi all
I'm new to contesting and having read some of the comments from "the great and the good" please allow me to post my own from my "little pistol" station, qth Wanstead London E11.
Using a Sandpiper V5 vertical and a 20m wire over the roof (no room elsewhere!) to a Kenwood
TS 570D at about 100 watts. With no top band and nothing on 10metres managed 87 qso's, 71 cw, 16 ssb. 6 qso's to GB5HQ. SD gives me 5976 points.
I liked the DX to PY,OA 5H8 and others.
Will continue to practice almost daily using Ray G4FON's Contest Trainer.
A very interesting post from Chris G3SJJ, thanks.
I enjoyed this contest (even took a bath, a meal and slept) so my thanks to the organizers and other participants,
great,
73 de
Mark M0CMQ.