Sunday 25 October 2020

CQWW SSB 2020 SO[A]AB HP M0BEW

CQWW SSB 2020 SO[A]AB HP M0BEW
Contest         : CQ World Wide
Callsign        : M0BEW
Mode            : SSB
Category        : Single operator
Overlay         : ---
Band(s)         : All bands
Class           : High
Grid square     : IO82RJ
Operating time  : 21h 08m

 BAND  QSO  Z   C DUP POINTS  AVG
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  160    0  0   0   0      0 0.00
   80   25  3  14   0     23 0.92
   40  445  8  44   5    479 1.08
   20  512  9  43   3    551 1.08
   15  871 14  53  20    923 1.06
   10  601  8  39  12    608 1.01
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TOTAL 2454 42 193  40   2584 1.05
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       FINAL SCORE: 607 240

TS590SG / PA.
Force12 C3 / 40m dipole @ 20m.

This is my very casual/lazy report.
I would call myself more a participant than competitor.
Besides, my desire now to sit through a 45 hour fone fest has dwindled.
Casual as in,
I already had plans for both the Saturday and the Sunday afternoons so I got on as and when.
Lazy as in,
I dropped any strat and score maxing. Sat down and ran and had some fun. When it ceased to be this I got up and did something else.
Pretty simple. No overnight. Normal sleep. Normal day.

160/80m antenna is down again. So nothing for there.

Barely any time on 40/20, 4ish hrs each?!. Bad timings for 3p openings on all bands. Probably too long on 10, but heyho.
200 best hour and a few in the 170's from 15m on Sunday, Some good hours from 10m too on Saturday.

For change of scenery I started on 40m Sunday morning 0900-1000. Called by a couple NA even at that time.

Had a table booked for Sunday lunch. Right upto leaving I had a super run going in the 150's, sprinkling of YB's inbetween the short hop, plus 3B8CW called in, then I think it was AB3CX called, very strong into the back of the antenna, suggesting maybe I should turn it around to NA ? By this time it was time to get up and get ready to go out, walking away from a terrific run.

One lamb dinner/a few pints/plus a nap later... I return and almost pick straight back up on 15m where I had left off with a 170 hour, and a couple of 150ish hours. 15m must have been outstanding Sunday afternoon.

In all it worked out a very enjoyable weekend, in and outside the shack.

Log says 21 hours op time but sure didn't feel that long.
Terrible score, but a great CQWW weekend.

Tim M0BEW.

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