[UK-CONTEST] CQWW CW tiny weeny pistol entry (it was very coldhere !)

[Darrell G0HVQ]

...and another from G0HVQ.....my first attempt at an all-CW event.....80W or 
so to a ground-mounted Hustler 4BTV with buried radial system.

 Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty   ZN
   3.5      26      28   14    4
     7     205     363   56   16
    14     244     560   51   14
    21      35      69   20   11
 Total     510    1020  141   45
Score: 189,720

Highlights

- 15m didn't seem that bad on Sat, 9M2TO, A41XF & 4L0A plus some I/S5/9A 
(bit of Es I suspect)
- On Sun, 20m closed then re-opened to the US an hour later, well into 
darkness, Tony 'ZRJ and I seemed to have the pick of the US
- It was MUCH easier for us lower-power stations to get some QSOs in the log 
early in the event compared to the SSB leg
- I think the DX cluster helped (although I wasn't running it), as tuning 
across the band you could immediately tell the spotted stations and 
subsequent pile-ups, so tuning away you got to find the other DX before it 
was spotted, had to be quick though, I just managed a VK on 40m before the 
mass descended.

Lowlights

- 15m was dead Sun morning
- Just as it did open (12-ish), had to take daughter to local hospital and 
didn't return until after dusk, so probably missed the best condx
- Could have done with a decent 80m aerial, had planned to knock up a vert 
but just didn't have time
- I hadn't really planned to do the whole contest, it just sort of happened 
(perhaps that's a highlight!)

Thoroughly enjoyed it - was a bit apprehensive to start with,thinking my CW 
wasn't up to it, but there were only a few stations all weekend that were 
too fast, even found myself hovering around the 27wpm mark towards the end. 
And didn't have a horse voice, I could get into this CW contesting :-)

73
Darrell G0HVQ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CQWW CW tiny weeny pistol entry (it was very 
coldhere !)


> More teeny pistols from here at G3YMC - not in the frozen north though
> it was a little chilly in the shack at times...
>
> Instead of my usual all band QRP entry I decided to do a single band
> 20m effort for a change. I tossed up between 40m and 20m but decided on
> the latter as I didn't think I could stand two full night shifts, and
> the other bands would be pointless with my setup. 20m worked out great
> for a fully daytime operation, the band was effectively dead between
> 6pm and 6am.
>
> K2 running 5W into my low 65ft longwire. 340 QSOs, 73 mults, 47158
> points, no real dx but managed most of the caribbean guys and a single
> JA. OX and TF gave me 2 zone 40 slots. Certainly hard going on QRP but
> enjoyable.
>
> 73 Dave G3YMC
>
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