[UK-CONTEST] G5W IOTA CONTEST MULTI OP HP

[Don Beattie]

Hi All,

Quite good fun this time. My first experience using a full windows-based
logging programme (finally nearing the point where the old DOS machines will
be consigned to the bin )

Conditions seemed as good as can be expected with the state of the sun, with
some good runs.

Writelog network stayed up all the contest, and worked flawlessly, as did
the 2m cluster link (that's another improvement planned when Broadband
finally makes it over the fields).

Only three operators this year - me, Marios (G0WWW/5B4WN) and Stavros
(M0BBB/5B4AFM). We might have been slightly less tired with four, but it
certainly kept us busy.

Interesting to see the good level of CW activity this year - overall our mix
is balanced, but it seemed that a good rate was available on both modes
throughout the contest.

Is it just my imagination, or is there a marked absence of the very wide,
over-modulated, objectionable signals in the IOTA Contest ? It seems
somewhat more gentlemanly a contest !

Anyway here's the stuff:

Raw score (I know there are a few minor things to fix in the log, but it
won't change very much):


	         CW					       PHONE
BAND	QSOs	Points  Multipliers	QSOs	Points	Multipliers
80	126	906		40		90	906		48
40	397	2211		71		253	1719		64
20	343	1893		70		557	3315		101
15	391	2001		48		385	2139		70
10	61	459		23		149	819		31

      1318	           252	     1434		     314

16368	points X  566 multipliers =	9,264,288

Equipment:


FT1000MP MkV and FT1000MP + autotune linears

Force 12 yagi (40-10) at 80 ft
A3s at 60 ft
87 ft Titanex
Dipoles (LF) K9AY rx antenna

Writelog networked via ethernet with WinKey

73

Don, G3BJ