[UK-CONTEST] ARRL 10m G3YMC QRP CW

[Dave Sergeant]

To start the ball rolling...

QSOs 248
Multipliers 70
Claimed score 69,440
Elecraft K2, 5W, 65ft longwire.

It is good that this contest can come into its own again after such a 
long time (so long that many on here seem to have forgotten about it). 
But although conditions were fair, they have still a long way to go. 
With my QRP station I was struggling quite a lot, and there seemed a 
distinct lack of DX about. If it hadn't been for the Russians and the 
USA there would be very little to work. Very few dxpedition people on, 
worked nothing from the caribbean and not much from Africa either.

I had a look back to when I last did this contest in earnest. In 2002 I 
won the G QRP certificate, had around 350 QSOs with plenty of DX and 
was working stuff well after dark - the band closed for me at 1700z 
each day this year. In 2003 I had 147 QSOs and the following years much 
smaller entries. So yes, it is 9 years since the contest was really in 
its prime. Hopefully next year will continue the improvement and I 
shall recover my scores of those earlier years.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com