[UK-CONTEST] CQWW CW report G3NKC - SOA, High Power, QRP antenna......

[Dave Sharred]

Tried to post this a week or so ago, but had some problems in sending it.
Might still be interesting to someone.....




Thought some might like to see this; since it is from an average antenna
only...  May be long !  Hopefully it may inspire some others to try at the
sharp end a bit more!

 BAND   QSO  CQ DXC DUP  POINTS   AVG
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  160     0   0   0   0       0  0.00
   80   260  19  81   1     410  1.58
   40   276  23 101   4     469  1.70
   20   320  20  83   3     647  2.02
   15   143  21  76   1     288  2.01
   10    23   4  14   0      28  1.22
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TOTAL  1022  87 355   9    1842  1.80
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        TOTAL SCORE : 814 164

According to the summary report; a total of 21hrs 20 mins operating.

Equipment - FT1000MP, ETO 91B; Butternut HF6V.   Maybe next year I will try
with a miracle whip !!!!
		Software - WinTest

Had great fun; been a long time since I tried to have "serious play" in a
contest from an average set up  (we couldn't get to MD4K this year). I
decided I would sharpen up my S&P a bit; and never called CQ (well, only to
fine tune the amp). It was hard work; and I needed to have numerous breaks.
G4XUM insisted on taking me out for a beer also on Saturday night (which is
a 2 mile walk either way); and I still managed to get on for 45 mins before
crashing.

Still managed some hours with over 60 QSO's (76 was my best); and as I said
; S&P ing only !!!  I never expected to work over 100C on 40m; and am
pleased with my 80m efforts as well. As ever, there are always getaways !!!

Added some new band spots, which will help the DXCC Challenge scores on a
bit. I uploaded my logs to LOTW already; and that added another 10 to my
score tonight (including 4O3T !)

I used assisted, but the best tactic was to sweep the band; maybe making
side excursions to the spots. There were many new ones I found before they
got spotted !   For some stations, it payed to move freq slightly to find
the best spot. No alligator here, but just trying my best !

Band issues
===========
I am big enough to accept that there are issues; but have to admit I was
surprised at the spread on some bands. by band:
	80m - No major issues, but saw S79UU spotted on 3700 QSX 3530 !   Took my
brain a long time to work out what was going on ! And I 		worked him no
problems !
	40m - Heard stations all the way up to 7080; didn't hear much jamming by
the SSB ops (actually seemed thin on the ground). Are they 		more tolerant
than the CW  ops ??
	20m - This was the surprise to me. Stations as high as 14.140 !!!! I
thought that the lower 100 KHz would have been enough ; and it 		didn't seem
packed down there !


Abridged Summary by hour
========================
05:00 - 08:00z   	-Spent all the time on 80m; worked 146 stations. The
Butternut was tuned right on the band edge; which meant SWR 				increased as
I went up the band. Still worked some stuff up to 3560 though. Best DX -
PJ2T, V47NT, FM5BH, HC8N, 3X5A, 			C6AQQ, HK1AR, P40W, VP5W, PZ5X, KP2M,
8P5A, J3A, HI3A, ZF1A, NP4Z
08:00 - 09:14Z	- Time to go to 40m  - worked LT1F, WP3F, PJ4A, ZM2B, 6Y1V,
C6ATA, J3A, PJ2T, HC8N, JJ2LPV,VK1AA/4, 9Y4AA, V47NT, 5J0A, 			P40W, HI3A,
JA3YKC , VP5W, FM5BH, JA3YBK
09:30 - 10:55	- 20m - 3X5A, PY, 6W1RW, 8P5A, FM5BH, WP3C, J3A, V47NT, HI3A,
11:07 - 12:35	- 15m - PY, VU2PTT, V26, 8P5A, LU, ZS, PJ2T, V47NT, FM5BH,
3X5A
12:40			- 10m 3X5A only signal audible on band !
13:30 - 14:34	- 15m - CO8LY, 6V7D, HI3A, LU, CE, KP2M, 5H3EE, ZS, 6Y1V,
ZF1A, HC8N, NP4A, P40W, PJ4A, OH3SR/VP9, SU8BHI
14:40 - 15:46	- 20m - PJ4A, S79UU, S79UU, KP2M, A45XR, J88DR, C6AKX, TI5N,
HC8N, OH1VR/VP9, VP5W
15:55 - 16:42	- 15M - ZP0R, PY, 6W1RW
16:44 - 17:24	- 20M - HP1/DJ7AA, PJ5NA, ZF1A, WP3F,
18:43 - 19:40	- 40M - 6W1SJ, HS0ZAR,
BEER BREAK !
00:16 - 00:46 	- 40M - 8P5C, HK7/VK6DXI, ZF1A, FG/F6ARC, PY, LU, P49Y,
FS5KA, KP2M, VP2EDL, J75W
07:30 - 08:15	- 80M - PY, TI5N, YV
08:15 - 09:04 	- 40M - CE, VK, VP5W, NP4Z, ZL2BSJ, PJ2T, OA4WW, JA5DQH
09:10 - 11:45	- 15M - HS0ZAR, V5/DJ4SO, J28OO,
			- 10M - EU PLUS NEAR DX
11:45 - 13:40	- 20M - V26K, 6Y1V, C6AQQ, C6AKX, PZ5X, OH1VR/VP9
13:48 - 14:46 	- 15M - J88DR, PY, P43JB, CX5BW
14:57 - 16:00 	- 20M	- XE1MM,
16:00 - 17:40	- 40M - XW1A, S21ZDX, A71EM, S79UU
22:45 - 23:30	- 40M - 6W1RW, V26K, 3X5A, 9K2HN, VP2MSC, CW6V, CX5BW, 5J0A
23:38 - 00:00	- 80M	- S79UU, JT1CO