[UK-CONTEST] GM7R CQWW DX CW SOAB

[Jim Fisher]

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

 

Call: GM7R

Operator(s): GM0NAI

Station: GM0NAI

 

Class: SOAB HP

QTH: NR Inverness

Operating Time (hrs): 36:53

 

Summary:

 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries

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  160:  441    14       50

   80:  764    17       63

   40:  972    29       88

   20: 1087    24       69

   15:  923    19       60

   10:  129     8       23

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Total: 4316   111      353  Total Score = 4,072,064

 

Club: 

 

Comments:

 

Great contest again. CQWW DX CW is THE contest.

My first SOAB CQWW DX entry with antennas for all bands available.

Arrived home from work Friday night and found the 160m Tee broken and on the

ground. The 6 inches of snow that had fallen and some ice had overloaded the

connection at the Tee. Had to do a temporary fix in darkness with a gas
solder

torch and oxidized copper wire! Luckily the broken end didn't slide back to
the

pulley on the top of the tower as I don't have a pull down rope to retrieve
it.

 

Next the snow returned with "Thunder Snow" serious lightning storm that I
have

never seen before. Disconnected the radio etc and waited it out. Luckily
passed

by before the start.

Had very high level noise from static which got even worse during the snow

showers but luckily the lighting stayed away.

The 160m temporary repair failed during the early hours of Saturday and had
to

be repaired again in daylight. Still to fix permanently before ARRL 160 next

week.

Had a target of 4000 Qs which was achieved but the mult count very low. Need
a

better strategy and a 2nd mult radio next time. first 48hr CW contest with
over

4000 Qs and the bar is now raised to 5000!

Managed only 37 hours in the chair after taking too long a break on Saturday

night.

 

Looking forward to next years contest already.

 

Thanks for all the QSOs

 

73

 

Jim

GM0NAI