[UK-CONTEST] CQWW G3YMC SOAB QRP

[Dave Sergeant]

The usual QRP entry from here again, with 5W from my K2 to a longwire 
and Butternut vertical for 160m. Operated only 34 hours, having 
decided to have a full night's sleep on Saturday night and popped out 
on Sunday morning for a couple of hours (for divine inspiration at 
Church...). Being away from the shack then turned out to be sensible, 
we had the almightiest thunderstorm here in Bracknell...


                    160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  Total
Valid QSOs:   50     156   209   192    108   16      731
Total Mults:    30       51     73    54      48   13      269

CLAIMED-SCORE: 279760

(the claimed score should be slightly higher as it does not include 
TO5X which my version of SD didn't recognise - and XMLog thought it 
was France...).

Well down on last year, mainly due to conditions. Although I could 
hear stations on 10m they were mostly too weak to work on QRP, and I 
also missed TZ5A for the same reason. But did manage 5A7A on several 
bands and some good Caribbean on 40m. There also seemed a lack of 
support in some areas, G activity seemed to be down and GW was 
virtually non-existent apart from GW4ALG and GW0GEI. Little heard 
from the usual big VE boys either.

Good fun, but maybe I didn't have the same enthusiasm as normal.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com