[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW SSB 2006

[Darren G0TSM]

At C52T I worked:

bnd   qsos  zones
160     0     0
80     16     5
40     15     3
20     336    19
15     867    23
10    783    20


The lowlights:
I couldnt get heard on the lowbands with my 100W, contrats the G*s who 
worked me on 40m, 80m or both. A few nights before I was running W7's on 
40 and 80ssb at 9+, shows how easy it is for dx stations get covered up.
No electricity on from sunday afternoon, i ran on a battery or 
generator, from the dwindling battery I only managed 50W rf out.
Another zone 35 QRO station S9+ on scatter on 10m was CQing for ages and 
ages with a monster Eu pile on 10 & 15M, he was too just too quick with 
his dvk, made me cringe..

The highlights:
Hearing (but not working) FK8GM over the south pole on 15m in the middle 
of the night.
10 & 15M open 24hours (10 open to SA)
During a run, my ratemeter saying 1 mult is worth 0.38 minutes.
Hitting 1 million points.
Hitting 2,000 QSOs

Frustrating not having an amp, next time I go away I'll be QRO, I could 
have run NA on scatter easily in the evening on 10m and could have 
doubled the total amount of QSOs overall (pending a good electricity 
supply). Squeezing in on a busy band and getting spotted is important, 
the resulting mental pile up moves the stations +/- of you away leaving 
the frequency clear.

IC7000 100W (when on generator or mains)
Create 318b tribander@ 40ft (10=4ele, 15=4ele, 20=3ele)
40/80 Windom @ 65ft (L on 160)

I'm impressed with the little Icom, a tad hissy if you dont add any 'R' 
into the line of the headphones though.


Darren G0TSM (C52T)