[UK-CONTEST] CQWW SSB 10m : G3TXF & M7X

[Darren Collins (G0TSM)]

Congratulations on the score Nigel, you weren't far off bagging every 
DXCC+ going on 10M, but a shame you missed Z37.
I used my SCC M7X but I was only practising as unfortunately I was out 
on Sunday, so was popping in and out of the shack seeing what I could 
work between family stuff, then watched the VU F1 Qualifying on Sat 
morning and the race on Sunday evening. But strangely I still made 2/3 
of the QSOs that I made last year. I think this year's short NA runs I 
had were better with the Writelog rate meter clocking 356 Qs p/h, and 
the short call definitely helping, although GM7X's recent activity in 
the IOTA contest took its toll with the SCP and slowed some QSOs.

Antenna was a 5 ele Yagi @45ft with a dipole @90deg on the second RX. 
Its a shame my QTH isnt any good for 10M, I have an S1-2 crackle when 
beaming to NA and an S7 crackle when beaming to SA, neither clear-able 
by the NB. I could hear many callers in the noise but there was no way I 
could drag them out.

2012 QSOs 1229 Zones 34 DXCC 115 (About 600K)

2011 QSOs 1887 Zones 40 DXCC 133 (812,235)

I didn't realise I had the G 10M SB-Assisted record! Tnx for the 
pointing that out Nigel.

Funniest non-QSO was 'Break Break this is the 501 in San Diego' I said 
you are in the Ham Radio band and he replied 'Sorry man, wrong switch'

Lots of YLs running and calling in and a few mobiles on the road, and 
callers asking what it was all about.

73 Darren G0TSM / M7X




On 29/10/2012 01:54, Nigel G3TXF wrote:
> Hello UK Contesters,
>   
> In accordance with the new spirit of getting the logs into
> CQ immediately after the end of the Contest, I'm pleased to
> say that because I was doing Single-Band on 10m (which was
> pretty much washed out by 22z), I was able to submit my CQWW
> SSB log a full two hours before the end of the Contest.
>   
> Meanwhile here are a few details....
>   
> http://www.g3txf.com/Contests/CQWW-SSB-Oct-12/CQWW-SSB-Oct-1
> 2.html
>   
> 73 - Nigel G3TXF
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