[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW SSB - SOAB HP Unassisted - GM2V

[Chris Tran GM3WOJ]

Hello all

Interesting to read the other reports - great to hear about M4A and their 
young operators.

Conditions were a bit strange here at 57.8 degrees North - very exciting on 
10m, but a bit tough going on 20m. I think the MUF must have been very high 
at times on both days, maybe.

I was able to run stations on bands I did not expect to be able to - 160m, 
80m and 10m, but my main 'QSO volume' bands 20m and 15m were disappointing. 
I found it particularly difficult to work any significant number of 3-point 
QSOs, which is the key to a good final score. Some of the rates were high 
though - on 10m I worked 7 stations in 1 minute on several occasions. Moved 
loads of mults between bands.

This was my second WW SSB using a K3 as my main radio and it was my second 
disappointment - I find the harsh audio from the K3 RX tiring - much more so 
than my 1000MP which was my second radio for SO2R. 20m was utter torture 
despite a 5ele monobander at 80' and some power - there were loads of 
splattery signals about.

WinTest could not recognise which DXCC entity Z60WW, TO2A and TO9R were in, 
so my claimed score should increase.

Finished with 3350 QSOs for 3.5 Mpts.

I like the new CQ WW rules a lot - submitted my log this morning with just 
one QSO altered to X-QSO.

Hope our friends from VP2MDG can get home on time - not looking good with 
the hurricane approaching. I think one of the ops was having trouble with 
the MD bit changing to MD4K hi.

73
Chris
GM3WOJ