[UK-CONTEST] uk dx rtty

[Andy swiffin]

As promised, my astounding score from 3.78 hours, considerably more
than I originally intended to do but I'm a real sucker for contests
where you get to collect things like locators, counties or districts.

        Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty   SEC
         3.5      39     82   19    3
           7      51    103   16    9
          14      67    145   23    0
          21       9     23    5    0
       Total     166    353   63   12

I started with 55 minutes on the Saturday afternoon mainly on 20- I
wasn't going to enter so just sat there and enjoyed whatever  run there
was, when it stopped I got bored and went away.  

I went on for just over an hour from 0030 on Sunday morning and did a
bit of 40 which didn't seem too productive so I migrated to 80 where
there were a few Ws and VEs to be found- actually there seemed more
going on 80 than on 40.  Working anything other than europe on 80 is
still a bit of a novelty for me.  

Then sunday morning I finished off the last hour and 3/4, till midday. 
After which I spent a pleasant half hour tuning round and as kindly as
possible broke it to the people still calling CQ UKDX that the contest
had finished.....   Most of the time I spent on 40 - hoping to find Gs
for their district but I only found a handful.  15 seemed pretty well
shut up and away on its holidays and the rest of the time I spent on 20.
 Pleased to be called by JY4NE, can't remember if I had JY on hf before
(I have it on 50mhz).  Surpirsed to be called by VO1HP on 40 as late as
10:26 on sunday morning but I guess he's not really that far away.

An entertaining little contest really.  I _will_ get round to sending
in my entry - that way I can get all righteous and bitchy if they don't
publish the results - there was a bit of controversy about this one
before the event, some people refused to take part because the results
hadn't been posted from the previous one.  I note that they have now
though.  It's a shame they're using these district codes because nobody
knows what they are.  One G sent me his postcode (a natural choice if
you didn't know about the contest before) and I didn't have the heart or
the time to try and explain what he should have been sending (or in fact
any idea about what it might have been).

And I did manage to finish this contest having worked my own country. 
Something I failed to do on any band in WAE RTTY (where were you hiding
when you were needed Jim :-)  (Can I make a reservation for the next
one?)


73
Andy
GM8OEG