[UK-CONTEST] AFS SSB - Not much hope

[Nick Totterdell]

Nigel, G3TXF, has discussed the "typing up" of paper logs recently in the
CDXC journal. 

Thankfully I did this some time ago and it wasn't a massive task because in
my teenage 

years, I didn't have a lot of contacts and didn't know much about contests
or other 

activities that rack up the numbers.

 

Anyway, I have just fewer than 1,500 QSOs logged before 1979.

 

I entered AFS SSB on Saturday for the first time, with marginally over 200
Qs; then I 

amused myself by comparing the calls with those that are in my log for
before 1979.

 

Incidentally, 160m would have been using a Codar AT5 until I got a KW Vespa
(not a scooter).

 

The full list of matching calls with first QSO is:

 

Call                   First QSO         Freq      Mode

G4BXT              11/05/1976        1.8        A3E (QSO no#20)

G3ZBU              11/07/1976        1.8        A3E

G4FAM             18/08/1976        144       F3E (GM4FAM on Sat)

G4CWH            22/08/1976        1.8        A3E

G4ERW            12/12/1976        1.8        J3E

G3VER             12/12/1976        1.8        J3E (only previous QSO)

G8JXV              11/05/1977        144       F3E (only previous QSO)

G3MXH             12/12/1977        144       F3E

G3SSO             19/02/1978        3.5        J3E (only previous QSO)

G4FNL              23/03/1978        3.5        J3E

G3SWC            30/06/1978        144       F3E

 

Nice that three of these were only my second contact in more than 30 years.

 

I mentioned this to my wife (foolishly?) whose instant reply was "not much
hope of you 

getting fed up with it then".

 

73 Nick G4FAL