ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: GM7V
Operator(s): GM4YXI
Station: GM4YXI
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ellon
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 62 22
80: 162 32
40: 285 46
20: 1259 63
15: 268 38
10: 0 0
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Total: 2036 201 Total Score = 1,227,105
Club: North of Scotland Contest Group
Comments:
After great conditions on all bands except 10m in the CW leg (M2 from here with
Chris, GM3WOJ) this weekend was a bit of a let down.I had a bit of a mad
schedule in the week prior and did not get back to the UK and home from airport
until 2300 Friday. I did not get to the shack until midday Saturday and then had
sporadic operating due to other commitments. Only managed to operate on 160 and
80m from about 0330 Sunday until my sunrise 0645. I thought conditions there
were rather poor; N6DX (CA) on 160m and NK7U (WA) on 80m were totally against
the run of play and I worked no-one else remotely close to either station. 40m
was good at times, but I was not there long enough. Simplex working was not
much use so it was good old working split! 20m was where the action was, and
the QRM. Pile up was generally constant but the weakest layers were often
impossible to read through the crud so apologies to the many who were calling
but did not make it. Had the usual spatter, attempts at frequency stealing, one
frequency fight and plenty of deliberate QRM. The fight involved a station in NH
who arrived 500Hz up from my long-time run frequency. The likelihood that I
would get fed up and move was severely overestimated. My rate was harmed a bit,
but sorry mate, so was yours and more so. He went, eventually. For the first
time ever in this contest, I got a clean sweep on band mults â?? all 63 on 20m
after finding PEI, LAB and YT in rapid succession on a quick S&P while looking
for a run frequency after I had to abandon a spot. 15m was nothing like it was
2 weeks earlier. Saturday saw a very patchy opening into the SE corner of the
US only. On Sunday it extended a bit more, but the signals from NC and FL that
were so loud on Saturday were poor Sunday.....usual marginal patchy high-band
openings we seem to get at this latitude. I spent a long time Sunday on 15m
with a low rate, trying to get some mults in the bag.
May not sound like it but I really enjoyed this one, just frustrated that I
could not give it more attention. NA operators make working in that direction a
pleasure.... most of the time.
Maybe next year..............
73 Keith GM4YXI (GM7V)
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