[UK-CONTEST] ARRL DX SSB GM7R SOAB HP

[Jim Fisher]

Another enjoyable contest with time limited due to work.
YL also doesn't like phone contests so overnight was a no no.
Also had 2 hrs off on Saturday to watch my team St.Mirren beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup!
Sunday managed a couple of hours.

20m was main focus but missed NU and YT.
Tried running in the VE window sub 14150MHz on Sunday to give a chance of NU and YT
However didn't work. Did work several US stations that I didn't know could operate below 150?

My SSB operating needs lots of practice.
Managed
375/hr last ten
256/hr last 15mins
194/hr last hour.

Need more consistent rx on full calls!!

Equipment
TS950SDX with Heil HC5 mic
Alpha 89 amp
Cushcraft X7 tribander at 76'

Contest         : ARRL International DX Contest
Callsign        : GM7R
Mode            : PHONE
Category        : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay         : ---
Band(s)         : All bands (AB)
Class           : High Power (HP)
Zone/State/...  : 400
Locator         : IO77UO
Operating time  : 11h32

 BAND   QSO  S/P DUP  POINTS  AVG 
----------------------------------
  160     0    0   0       0 0.00 
   80     0    0   0       0 0.00 
   40   160   36   1     480 3.00 
   20   923   61   7    2769 3.00 
   15     0    0   0       0 0.00 
   10     0    0   0       0 0.00 
----------------------------------
TOTAL  1083   97   8    3249 3.00 
==================================
      TOTAL SCORE : 315 153

Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations

Operators       : GM0NAI
Soapbox         : Part time entry due to work commitments. 

Some pretty bad signals on the band especially IO5O +-10K.
To their credit after being told several times of their bad signal they had a much improved signal on Sunday PM when I heard them.
As has been said before when 15 and 10 aren't good the 20m band occupancy becomes an issue. 

Hope to install 20m mono instead of the X7 for next season.


73

Jim
GM0NAI