[WWYC] EU Sprint SSB M0BBB HP

[Stavros Tsiakkouris]

                  EU Spring Sprint, SSB
 
Call: M0BBB
Operator(s): M0BBB
Station: 
 
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Cambridge, UK
Operating Time (hrs): 4
 
Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   41         
   40:   92         
   20:   67         
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Total:  200   Total Score = 200
 
Club: Worldwide Young Contesters
 
Comments:
 
What an enticing contest! It certainly keeps you on the move. Had a great
time
and came across many friends. This was only my second entry in this contest
but
I am definitely hooked. Serial numbers seem to be getting higher each year
and
participation from young contesters is especially notable.
 
Surprisingly, the dominant band in my log was 40m with 30% of the contacts
being
made with German stations. I started looking for stations to call on 40m
rather
early (1530Z first QSO) due to the poor performance on 20m. Throughout the
contest, 20m was a bad band for me and I had problems attracting stations to
my
CQs even though I was using a Yagi (TH5 at 15m). I switched to 80m at 1808Z and
had
a good rate for about 20 minutes while working all the new stations. The
inverted-V seemed to be working quite well on this band and having managed
to
break through a few of the mini-pileups I ended up with the impression that
I
was relatively strong on this band.       
 
See you all in the CW leg.  
 
Stavros M0BBB