SP DX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOABLP

SP DX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOABLP

SPDX RTTY Contest

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SOABLP
QTH: ENGLAND
Operating Time (hrs): 16

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   80:
   40:  190   56
   20:  301   60
   15:  20    13
   10:
-------------------
Total:  511   129  Total Score =  1,536,648

Comments:
Bands seemed ok.
Had a problem come early Sunday morning, about 0600 on 15m. I had just
started to pick up a run, last qso was being called by ZC4DW then shortly
after the antenna appeared to go short circuit. I went outside, cranked it
over and pulled everythin to the ground to take a look to see if it was
anything obvious, I couldn't see anything. I called it a day right there and
went back to bed. :-(
Missed the important last 6-7 daylight hours, grrr

Please can I have my beams back, all this faffing around with bits of wire
is driving me nuts. I'd like to think that I'm as enthusiastic as the next
man when it comes to this aspect of the hobby, but being antenna challenged
is really starting to wear thin now...

Thanks all that called.

Tim-M0BEW.

EA RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20

EA RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20

EA RTTY Contest

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SOSB20
QTH: ENGLAND
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   80:           
   40:   
   20:  351    93
   15:  
   10:   
-------------------
Total:  351   93  Total Score = 41,199

Comments:
Band still appeared lousy.
Thanks all that called.

Tim-M0BEW.

CQ WPX SSB 2003 MD4K MULTI TWO

CQ WPX SSB 2003 MD4K MULTI TWO

Contest         : CQ World Wide WPX Contest
Callsign        : MD4K
Mode            : PHONE
Category        : Multi Two (M2)
Overlay         : ---
Band(s)         : All bands (AB)
Class           : High Power (HP)
Zone/State/...  : DX
Locator         :
Operating time  : 48h00

 BAND   QSO DUP  PFX  POINTS   AVG
-----------------------------------
  160   475   8  122    1014  2.13
   80   737   9  204    1861  2.53
   40   912  12  107    2218  2.43
   20  1814  18  388    3476  1.92
   15   853  12  231    1546  1.81
   10    13   0    5      33  2.54
-----------------------------------
TOTAL  4804  59 1057   10148  2.11
===================================
     TOTAL SCORE : 10 726 436

Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations
Operators       : G4XUM G0HSS G3NKC G4MJS M0BEW
Soapbox         : 

Tim M0BEW.

BARTG Spring RTTY 2003 M0BEW SO20

BARTG Spring RTTY 2003 M0BEW SO20

BARTG Spring RTTY Contest

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SO20
QTH: England
Operating Time (hrs): 6

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
------------------------
   80:
   40:
   20:  244      71
   15:
   10:
------------------------
Total:  244      71  Total Score = 91,210

Comments:
Did RDXC so not much time for this.
After the really naff conditions in the Sunday morning, things were still
not 100% by the afternoon.
Some nice DX around though.
Might seriously try this one sometime, although RDXC is a killer contest.
Bad clash of dates, sorry guys...

Tim-M0BEW.

RUSSIAN DX 2003 M0BEW MIX SO20

RUSSIAN DX 2003 M0BEW MIX SO20

Russian DX Contest

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SO20MIX
QTH: England
Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:  0     0
   80:  0     0
   40:  0     0
   20:  1086  130
   15:  0     0
   10:  0     0
-------------------
Total: 1086   130  Total Score = 877,630

Comments:
Good start on Saturday, band finally went out at about 20:00.
Finished on the first day with 891 q's
Ended up with a total on Sunday of 1086. That pretty much sums up how bad
Sunday's conditions were here. 

Had a run in with a UA9, who came up a few 100hz away at about 40 over 9
deciding he wanted to take the freq.
After I while when I hadn't moved he came zero beat with me, 10 mins later
he moved away a little and a 2nd station came on telling me to qsy, after
this he started cq'ing using the same call and zero beat with me while the
original was still a few hundred down. Funny thing was,  the second station
started used the same cq sound file as the original but if anyone answered
him the op had a completely different voice. This went on for a while but
the original UA was still too close to me and clearly having difficulty
making qsos through my cq's needing 9-10 shots at serials. Eventually the
original UA came back zero beat and started rag chewing with the second UA
in Russian. After chatting in Russian for a further 5 mins the original UA
moved and left the second station cq'ing. The second station was no where
near as strong and the rate recovered and worked through him easily, when he
realised this he simply resorted to jammed anyone who answered me.
I'm just glad I had the whole thing recorded, quite frankly you can't make
up stories worse than this. Incredibly bad behaviour.

On the whole a very disapointing end to a promising start. Great contest
though.

Tim-M0BEW. 

UBA DX CW 2003 M0BEW SO20

UBA DX CW 2003 M0BEW SO20

UBA DX Contest, CW

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SO20
QTH: ENGLAND
Operating Time (hrs): 13

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   80:   0       0
   40:   0       0
   20:   561     26
   15:   0       0
   10:   0       0
-------------------
Total:   561     26  Total Score = 24,284

Comments.
Band seemed good at all distances. Although still a little light on ON's,
worked 22. Missed all UK mults except M.
First few hours were good and as always turned into a real slog towards the
end.
Some of the ON's were great, most were a whisper here and they stuck with me
to the end to complete the qso.

Thanks everyone who called,
Tim-M0BEW.

ARRL DX CW 2003 M0BEW SOSB20

ARRL DX CW 2003 M0BEW SOSB20

ARRL DX Contest, CW

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:
   80:
   40:
   20:  583   44
   15:
   10:
-------------------
Total:  583   44  Total Score = 76,956

Call: M0BEW
Operating Time (hrs): 10hrs

Comments:
Another 'part time effort' to add to the pile.
I wouldn't mind a serious pop at this contest some time, but not from
home.
Did about 10 hours on Sunday, started at 1200 when I got up and finished at
2200ish. Made a few q's on 15 but didn't have the contest log running.
I spent a lot of time on Saturday listening round and following some of the
UK op's while I relaxed in the shack.
I heard a lot POI on 20m during the day, and a lot of M5X on 15, when I was
listening around.
I think they may have been SB's also.  

Tim-M0BEW.

CQ WPX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20

CQ WPX RTTY 2003 M0BEW SOSB20

CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: M4K
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SOSB20
QTH: ENGLAND
Operating Time (hrs): 29

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts
-----------------
   80:
   40:
   20:  792   1602
   15:
   10:
-----------------
Total:  792  1602  Prefixes = 375  Total Score = 600,750

Comments:
Good contest.
A little bit annoyed with myself making bad choices with my time off. I took
a large chunk off Saturday night when really I should have took it Sunday.
I'm not quite used to 'having' to take breaks, I would have happily worked
through if I could.

Thanks everyone who called.
Tim-M0BEW.

UBA DX SSB 2003 M0BEW SO20LP

UBA DX SSB M0BEW SO20LP

UBA DX Contest, SSB

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SO20
QTH: ENGLAND
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   80:     0     0
   40:     0     0
   20:    408    23
   15:     0     0
   10:     0     0
-------------------
Total:   408     23  Total Score = 16,882

Comments.
The high K index really messed things up. The openenings around EU were very
selective.
Hardly any short hop propagation to ON from here. Only got called by 1 ON
the others had to found and even then they were very weak and quite tough to
complete a qso with. Only worked/heard 4 all contest, as 50+ of the
available mults come from Belgium the chances of scoring were almost
impossible this weekend.
Called it a day at around 19:00, came back 08:00 next morning and carried
on.
Made quater of my qso total in the first hour.
Highlights were being called by SU1ER and ST2NH. Although for this contest
they counted as minimum points and no mult!

Tim-M0BEW.

RSGB AFS SSB 2003 M0BEW

RSGB AFS SSB 2003 M0BEW

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW  

1 x 1000MP & GS35 - 400/100w
Dipole @ 55ft c/w temp reflector
Writelog.

Score - 269 qsos - 251 claimed.
Club: Lichfield ARS.

hourly rates -

1st - 80
2nd - 82
3rd - 50
4th - 39 

Great scores again I see.

Managed a few hours at high power. Got a knock about 16:00 and had to drop
to a couple of hundred to keep them happy. I left the DVK calling while I
was talking at the front door, so if you called I'm sorry.
Same setup as last week except I tried a reflector this time, very simple
affiar at about shoulder hieght. Did it make any difference? Who knows,
didn't feel like it. My first hour was still appauling.
Seems like my signal still wasn't loud enough to be heard at the start. I
was working folks over on the other vfo with serials 25-35 higher just under
an hour into the contest, while I was cq'ing to fresh air on my run freq 25k
below them. Really wierd stuff.

Quite a few dupes, but thats how it goes. I work and log em all.
Thanks everyone that called.

Tim-M0BEW.

RSGB AFS CW 2003 M0BEW

RSGB AFS CW 2003 M0BEW

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW 

1 x 1000MP - 100w
Dipole @ 55ft with ends out @ 30ft.
Writelog.

220 q's with 11 dupes - 209 valid.

1st hour - 71
2nd hour - 70
3rd hour - 35
4th hour - 35

Good contest, lots of activity, band was rammed and a joy to hear. Heard
some superb scores during the contest, and some great scores posted so far.
Don't know what happened here, I can't explain it. Could not get anyone to
hear me it appears. Must try harder in the signal department.

Ran for 3 hours 30mins, S&Ped for 30mins.
Looking back through the log only 30% ! of the qsos came from cq'ing. The
rest were made through the 2nd vfo and during the S&P. If I appeared to not
quite inside your filter when I called I'm sorry :)
Made 1 dupe myself, BWP I think it was. The others from callers.

Thanks to all who called, I made a few neat audio clips which should make it
up on the my website in a week or two when all is finished.
See you all in SBB with a stronger signal I hope. I'll perhaps try a
reflector underneath. Any comments/experiences from doing this are welcome.

Tim-M0BEW.

ARRL RTTY ROUND UP 2003 M0BEW SOLP

ARRL RTTY ROUND UP 2003 M0BEW SOLP

Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW

Class: SO LP
QTH: BIRMINGHAM
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
80: 0
40: 0
20: 401
15: 119
10: 3
------------
Total: 523 State/Prov = 43 Countries = 54 Total Score = 50,496
Comments.

First contest of 2003, and first chance I've had to try Writelog for any
length of time on a new WinXP machine. 

The latest MMTTY version seemed 200% better rx-wise, I can only think of a
few signals I had to let go because of flutter or low signal. Dunno what
he's changed but it works.

Thanks everyone who called and said Hi.

Tim-M0BEW.

CQWW CW 2002 MD6V(M0BEW) SO10HP

CQWW CW 2002 MD6V(M0BEW) SO10HP

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: MD6V
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: MD6V

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: IOM 
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10: 2001    33      120                   
------------------------------
Total: 2001    33      120  Total Score = 518,446

Club: 

Comments:

Raw score.
Very poor propagation.
Band was slow to open and closed very early.
No JA opening at all both days, and zones 24, 26, 27 were near impossible.
I'm missing a lot of mults from these areas.
It was frustrating to hear nearby countries running JA with absolutely zip
here.
Without 3pt qsos during the mornings and the early close to the west, hopes
for the kind of score I expected quickly disappeared.
Thanks for the qso's.

QSL via G3NKC.

Tim-M0BEW

CQWW SSB 2002 MD4K MULTI TWO

CQWW SSB 2002 MD4K MULTI TWO

Contest         : CQ World Wide DX Contest
Callsign        : MD4K
Mode            : PHONE
Category        : Multi Operator - Two Transmitter (M2)
Overlay         : ---
Band(s)         : All bands (AB)
Class           : High Power (HP)
Zone/State/...  : 14
Locator         :
Operating time  : 47h59

 BAND   QSO  CQ DXC DUP  POINTS   AVG
--------------------------------------
  160   502  10  58  14     499  0.99
   80   939  17  76  17    1182  1.26
   40   869  20  88  16    1407  1.62
   20  1633  39 139  35    2677  1.64
   15  2395  38 141  57    4952  2.07
   10  1949  37 145  32    4520  2.32
--------------------------------------
TOTAL  8287 161 647 171   15237  1.84
======================================
       TOTAL SCORE : 10 417 968

Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations

Operators       : G0HSS G1GEY G3NKC G4MJS G4XUM M0BEW
Soapbox         : 

Tim M0BEW.

UKRAINIAN DX 2002 M0BEW SO20

UKRAINIAN DX 2002 M0BEW SO20

UKRAINIAN DX CONTEST 
Call: M0BEW
Operator(s): M0BEW
Station: M0BEW
Class: SO20
QTH: England.
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   Mults
-------------------------
   80:   -    -    -
   40:   -    -    -
   20:  525  2171    81
   15:   -    -    -
   10:   -    -    -
-------------------------
Total:  525    2171    81  Total Score = 175851


20m Summary
Countries
3X 4X 9A A4 CU DL DU EA EA8 ER EU F G GM HA HB I IS IT9 JA JW K KH8 KL LA LU
LY LZ OA OE OH OK OM ON OZ PA PZ S5 SM SP SV T9 TA1 UA UA2 UA9 UK UN UR VE
VK VQ9 VU YL YO YU YV Z3
Regions
VI VO LU DN ZH ZA ZP KI KR LV NI OD PO RI DO IF SU HA HE HM CH CR KV

Comments.
Big suprise, SO20.
Band seemed dreadful, very poor propagation with EU as well.
The only q's I made with JA were on RTTY !!
For some reason missed a boat load of easy mults. ZL, YB, HS0, BV, ZS,  PY,
LX, CT, CT3 etc etc
3 other contests going on at the same time certainly decreased available
qsos as some the reports were not interchangeable.
Didn't manage to get a sweep of regions.
Popped in and worked K8T, 3XY7C, VQ9DC.

Tim-M0BEW.