[UK-CONTEST] CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

[Darren G0TSM]

Single band 10M,
Single Op Assisted HP.
Call: G0TSM

FTDX5000MP + VL1000 to a 5 ele Yagi @45ft/13.5M and a 4 ele Yagi 
@25ft/8M (fed either independent or or together, but on separate masts 
). 2nd Rx to a CB vertical (Oscar (ex-SMC) from 1980s).

1921 QSOs
40 Zones
133 Countries Inc GM/S & IT9

855,831 points.

It was great fun to set the Writelog DX Cluster window to mults only and 
sort them by azimuth. I then tried to clear them all but each time a few 
tricky ones were left (GJ on scatter etc). I was hoping for 1000 QSOs + 
100 DXCC over the weekend and amazingly stopped at 1200 QSOs on Saturday 
evening when I went for dinner. When I got back the band had died 
leaving only weak Caribbean running W/VE.

No ZLs were heard or worked but my final zone, the tricky zone 32 was 
filled in by working E51Z in what must have been the biggest simplex 
pileup of the weekend, fortunately he was S8/9!!.
I worked one KL7 in a pile who was a genuine 9+25 and another called me 
when I was running. I think if anyone can analyse the cluster spots then 
there should have been approaching 200 DXCC workable from G* on 10M over 
the weekend, which I recall is the number workable on 10M in either the 
00 or 01 contests.

I use Writelog as I like the layout, however it may be time to change 
programs as i still cant work out how to QSY the sub-Rx to a cluster 
spot. It should then be a case of monitoring the DX on the sub-Rx and at 
the right time swap VFOs, work them, and then flip VFOs back.

73 Darren G0TSM