[UK-CONTEST] RDXC G0CKV

[Olof Lundberg]

I also had some fun over the weekend in the RDXC contest.
Dave: I have submitted my log but have had no response from
the robot as yet.

Olof G0CKV


Contest         : Russian DX Contest
Callsign        : G0CKV
Mode            : MIXED
Category        : Single Operator (SO)
Band(s)         : Single band (SB) 40 m
Class           : Low Power (LP)
Locator         : IO91SI
Operating time  : 15h
 BAND   SSB    CW DUP DXC OBL  POINTS   AVG 
--------------------------------------------
  160     0     0   0   0   0       0  0.00 
   80     0     0   0   0   0       0  0.00 
   40   107   410   4  63  65    3538  6.84 
   20     0     0   0   0   0       0  0.00 
   15     0     0   0   0   0       0  0.00 
   10     0     0   0   0   0       0  0.00 
--------------------------------------------
TOTAL   107   410   4  63  65    3538  6.84 
============================================
           TOTAL SCORE : 452 864

Operators       : G0CKV
Soapbox         : K3 barefoot to wet string in suburban
London. Almost all qsos were S&P and only 20% on SSB - RDXC
has no SOSB LP or CW only category. It is challenging and
fun to work low power on 40 among all those big signals with
sharp elbows. Having said that I must admit that I had few
if any issues with operating practice by anyone in this
contest - except that there are still a handful of poor
signals out there with horrible key clicks and a couple
worse than that with a QRO amplifier out of control. Condx
must have been pretty good because I could work almost
anything I heard beyond the big pileups where I would always
end up last with this setup. 40m was more or less dead
between South UK and UA midday +/- 3 hours, something I
probably should have known if I had done my homework.
Focusing on relaxed S&P I didn't build volume or serious
rate and I missed all those multipliers who don't CQ but
only call running stations. I also missed several
ridiculously easy DXCC multipliers probably because I got
carried away by looking for oblasts and learning Russian
geography. It was all great fun and I am sure it would have
been even more fun with less suburban noise and a real
antenna. My sincere apologies to those Russian SSB stations
who suffered my attempts to spell my call using Russian
phonetics - this caused total confusion; I guess I have to
prepare better next time.


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