[UK-CONTEST] ARRL CW 2012

[Jim]

I was planning to put in a serious single band entry. Original plan was the knock up a simple beam for 15m. However what with the snow and other factors this never happened. So stuck with my 15m Inverted Vee Dipole at 50 feet. I was going to enter the single band unassisted section but discovered for some reason on Sunday that I was running the cluster behind WinTest. So that put the kibosh on that.

The band started to open at about 1100 on Saturday with me. Did a combination of S/P and Run. Run was never that productive but have found in the past that it can bring you the odd rare State. By the end of the day I was just short of WV and OK as far as US States went. Thought I would pick those up easily the next day. Sunday the band was pretty late in opening but seemed to get quite good to the West Coast later. Just like buses when I finally worked WV several came along pretty in pretty quick succession. But where was was Oklahoma? Never did hear or work it. Was a bit disappointed as normally plenty of them about.

Final score – 15m - 600 QSOs  - 55 States – 100,800 points.  Not worked or heard OK, LB, NT, YT & NU. Heard but not worked NB & NF

Equipment – FT-2000 – Alpha 91b – Inverted Vee Dipole at 50 feet. WinTest.

73 Jim G3RTE